The Grove City College NewspaperOctober 2, 2009Homecoming Court

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CollegianVol. 70 No. 5

By Jimmy Van EerdenCollegian News Editor

“Memory is the diary that we all carryabout with us,” Oscar Wilde wrote in hisacclaimed work “The Importance of BeingEarnest.”

Indeed, for many, Homecoming 2009 atGrove City College is a time when goodfriends reunite, good stories are retold, andgood tradition is re-affirmed. It is a timewhen old memories are recollected andnew memories are developed. It is a timewhen new words in new diaries createexcitement and anticipation.

The history of a “coming home” celebra-tion originally dates back to 1910.Although much debate persists regardingthe exact origin of the first“Homecoming,” most agree that the eventhad several common characteristics: a foot-ball game that served as the pivot of theday, pep rallies, speeches and parades.

Above all else, Homecoming events haveunified alumni and students while simulta-neously stimulating positive school spirit.For Grove City College, Homecoming2009 is no different; it is a time to wel-come alumni and share in the greatness ofthe College’s tradition.

Over the course of the past year, GroveCity College has continued to demonstratea commitment to excellence. The 2009U.S. News and World Report recently

ranked the College among “America’s BestColleges” for the fourth straight year.

According to the U.S. News and WorldReport, Grove City College “seeks to pro-vide liberal and professional education ofthe highest quality that will strengthen theirchildren’s spiritual and moral character.”

The study later expounded on the intentof the College’s founders at its inception:“They hoped that through its program of

intellectual, moral and spiritual education,Grove City College would produce youngleaders, whatever their creed or confession,capable of pushing civilization forward onevery frontier.”

In past years, Grove City College hasbeen ranked among “America’s Top 50Best Value Private Schools” by thePrinceton Review in addtion to receivingone of the top civic education literarcy

reports by the Intercollegiate StudiesInstitute.

At the start of Homecoming 2009, GroveCity College students, administrators, andfaculty would like to extend a warm wel-come to returning alumni. As the Collegecontinues to push “civilization forward onevery frontier,” sincere gratitude isdeserved for all those that have made theCollege what it is today.

College wwelcomes rreturning aalumni

By Carl LaamanenCollegian Writer

Homecoming is a specialtime to reconnect with oldfriends, make new ones andcelebrate the connection GroveCity College gives to studentsand alumni. For members ofthe Greek community, thisconnection manifests itself onthe upper and lower Quadsunder an array of white tents.

This is Greek Village, anannual tradition ofHomecoming, where the activemembers of the 10 fraternitiesand eight sororities on campusget a chance to interact withalumni from their respectivegroups. These alumni span thedecades from those who justobtained their degrees to thosewho graduated over 50 yearsago.

“It amazes me how peoplefrom different generations canfind common ground in somecolors and Greek letters,” saidDarrius Pugh, senior and vicepresident of the Beta Sigmafraternity. Yet those colors and

letters are simply small facetsof the tradition that has bondedfraternities and sororitiestogether throughout the years.

Tradition plays a significantrole in the Greek community,and Greek Village is a greatopportunity to celebrate thehistory that has shaped eachgroup during their lifespan.Senior and president of theSigma Delta Phi sororityJackie Henderson said, “I thinkit’s really cool to be in the tentand realize that all of thesewomen are part of the sameorganization that has beenaround since 1920.”

Greek Village also gives cur-rent members a chance to learnmore about their group fromthe alumni. Junior TravisMiller, treasurer of theOmicron Xi fraternity, said,“Greek Village gives you achance to discover more of thehistory and tradition of yourfraternity.”

The story is the same forjunior Rachael Genders, mem-

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Grovers of all ages reunite for Homecoming ’09

Alumni, students meetat Greek Village

Saturday, Oct. 3Homecoming EventsBreen Student Union8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. – Bookstore open9:30-9:45 a.m. – Homecoming Welcome,President Richard G. Jewell ’67Alumni Sporting Events9 a.m. – Women’s Lacrosse (IM Fields)9:30 a.m. – Women’s Water Polo (PLCCompetitive Pool)10:15 a.m. Men’s Alumni Soccer Hall ofFame Introductions (Varsity Field)10:30 a.m. Men’s Soccer (Varsity Field)10:30 a.m. Men’s Water Polo (PLCCompetitive Pool)5 p.m. Men’s Basketball (PLC Arena)Campus ToursBeginning at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. – meetat Crawford HallHomecoming Parade11 a.m. Homecoming Parade begins(Upper Campus)Immediately After Parade - Dedicationof Carnegie Alumni Center (Carnegie)Alumni Reunions11:30-1:00 – All-Alumni Luncheon(Hicks Café)12-4 p.m. – Future Grovers, HospitalityTent, Greek Village and more (Quad)Grove City Football2 p.m. – Grove City College vs. SaintVincent (Thorn Field)Half-Time – Wolverine Marching Bandperformance and crowning of 2009Homecoming Queen and King

Kevin HanseGrove City College students painted this Homecoming 2009 banner on the windows of the Breen Student Union.

By Rachel BrockhageCollegian Contributing Writer

As H1N1, also known as theswine flu, spreads across theglobe, the administration andEmergency Response Team atGrove City College haveworked to prepare students andthe campus community for thepossible reappearance of thevirus this fall.

The members of the campusEmergency Response Team,led by Vice President forOperations Tom Gregg, areworking overtime to mitigatethe threat of a campus-wideoutbreak.

“The facilitators on theEmergency Response Team aremeeting weekly and have anongoing dialogue about thenew developments on H1N1from the CDC [Centers forDisease and Control andPrevention], the state healthdepartment and media reports,”Gregg said. “The situation isvery dynamic, and our commu-

nication with students and staffmust reflect this. We have pro-vided students with an infor-mational flyer and employeesupervisors with procedures onmonitoring employees withflu-like symptoms; in eachcase we must assess what itmeans to College operationsand will communicate with thecampus accordingly.”

H1N1 has many of the samecharacteristics as the seasonalflu; the symptoms and methodsof transmission are similar. Thekey difference, however, existsin the age demographic that isprimarily affected by the virus.

The CDC reports that thehighest number of confirmedcases is in people between theages of 15 to 24, while this agegroup is otherwise resilientagainst the standard seasonalflu. As of Aug. 29 there havebeen 593 flu-related fatalitiesin the United States, two ofwhich have involved college

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Emergency ResponseTeam prepares Collegeto handle H1N1 threat

News2 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

By Jessica WilliamsCollegian Contributing Writer

The Tau Alpha Pi theater hon-orary will present the fall 2009One-Act Festival duringHomecoming weekend. The per-formances began yesterday andwill run through tomorrow. Theshow runs from 7:30 to 9:30p.m. in the Little Theater, locat-

ed in the Pew Fine Arts Centeron campus. Doors open at 7p.m. for anyone with a ticket,and admission is open to all,depending on space availability,after 7:15 each night.

Audience members areencouraged to get tickets andarrive early because seats arelimited and fill up fast. Ticketsare free and available by email-

ing theatertickets@gcc.edu.A Saturday matinee perform-

ance will not occur this yearbecause the TAP One ActFestival was pushed back oneweek to Homecoming weekend,due to the production of theplay “Polarities: Honor andDishonor in the Arctic” on theweekend of Sept. 25.

ber of the Theta Alpha Pi sorority. She said, “I real-ly like Greek Village because it is fun to talk withalumni and hear about how my sorority haschanged and how it has stayed the same since theywere at Grove City.”

Even with such a big emphasis on tradition,Greek Village is also a time to live in the presentand look forward to the future. It gives active mem-bers a chance to build new relationships with alum-ni and strengthen current friendships.

“Greek Village is a few hours that we get tospend with the fraternity, in which we get to growalready-existing relationships as well as establishnew ones,” said Miller.

Genders said that the common ground of thesorority is a great way to build relationships withalumnae.

Many sororities are celebrating milestone years intheir group’s duration this year. This year marks the90-year anniversary of the Gamma Chi sorority andthe 85-year anniversary for both the Gamma SigmaPhi and Phi Sigma Chi sororities. These anniver-saries mark not only respect and care for tradition,but a keen vision for the future that has perseveredthrough the years.

Greek Village fosters tradition and relationship,but also gives students a chance to gain wisdomfrom those who went before. Pugh said, “Havingthe Greek Village fosters something that I think isvery important in the lives of young people today,and that is knowing your past and interacting withthose who paved the way for you to get where youare now.”

Homecoming is one of the biggest events of thefall semester, and Greek Village plays a crucialrole. Although it is a time for friends to reunite andhave fun, it is something much deeper than that. Itis a time that erases distinctions in time, replacingthem with a connection forged through traditionthat, for a few hours, gives students and alumnialike a chance to learn from each other.

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College hosts Study Abroad FairBy Tiffani DouglasCollegian Writer

Ten different study abroad programsmade an appearance on Tuesday at theStudy Abroad Fair sponsored and man-aged by the Office of InternationalEducation.

The involved affiliate programsoffered more than 42 nations across theglobe as host countries, giving studentsa wide range of options. Each programwas represented by a member of theorganization. The fair was a great suc-cess, with many students taking interestand seeking information.

The goal of the event was to provideas much information as possible to stu-dents interested in studying abroad.

“Having the Study Abroad Fair givesthe students the option of collecting allthe material and asking the questionsand get answers from the experts,” saidLynn McQuiston, office manager of theDepartment of International Education.

The fair also provided students withmore specific information, especiallyfor students who intend to study abroadbut are unsure of where to go. Thesestudents were provided with informa-tion about which study abroad programbest suited their major, cost expectancy,and prospective goals for what theywished to get out of their study abroadexperience. McQuiston summed it upby stating that students “get a lot ofinformation in a short period of time.”

The Office of International Educationgoes through a selective process whenchoosing what programs they decide towork with at the fair. According toMcQuiston, the programs “have beenresearched and worked with ... they arehigh quality, and the credits will trans-fer to Grove City College.”

According to McQuiston, studentshave the option of studying abroad inany foreign nation of their choice, withthe exception of those prohibited by theU.S. State Department. Students havethree options to begin the study abroadprocess.

Students can enroll at a foreign uni-versity directly, without going througha separate affiliation. Alternately, theycan apply through a nearby state uni-versity, such as the University ofPittsburgh.

The third option, which is by far themost common, is to study abroadthrough one of the 10 organizations thatwere represented at the fair. This pro-vides the student with multiple benefits,such as scholarships, preferential consid-eration when applying, discounted feesand the service of individual advisers.

These organizations plan students’trips from beginning to end, taking careof housing, meals, travel excursions andcultural excursions. McQuiston said,“it’s a complete study abroad programpackage.”

Differences between the variousstudy abroad organizations being pre-

sented at the fair are numerous.Housing options, add-ons such as travelexcursions and other features distin-guish each program.

By attending the fair, students wereable to compare the features, as well asthe prices, of each study abroad organi-zation represented.

Once a student has decided to studyabroad, the Office of InternationalEducation and the study abroad pro-gram work with him closely to preparethe trip. Normally, the student attends10 to 15 individual meetings with anadviser assigned to him. During thesemeetings, the student makes many deci-sions.

Once the student has chosen housingand class options, course descriptionsand syllabi are mailed to the student.Then the student must have the classesapproved by the department chair. Oncethis has been done, the student is pre-pared to study abroad.

The study abroad organization takescare of all other responsibilities associ-ated with studying abroad, includingobtaining a visa for the student, takingcare of health insurance and makingairline reservations.

In recent years, studying abroad hasincreased greatly in popularity. In thelast three to four years, there has been a300 percent increase in students whohave made the decision to study abroad.Events like the Study Abroad Fair arewhat make such growth possible.

Tiffani DouglasA banner in HAL atrium lists countrieswhere Grove City College offers study-abroad programs. The Office ofInternation Education hosted the StudyAbroad Fair in HAL on Tuesday.

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One-Acts take Grove City stageFive TAP productions offer reflections

on relationships, human nature

News 3The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Career Services offers professionalism ‘know-how’By George JaggersCareer Correspondent

Picture this. A handsome, welldressed young man enters a brightroom. A plastic bag hangs looselyat his side. Tables covered withintensely colored pamphlets areplaced around the room, with menand women in business suitsstanding beside them. Pens andpencils labeled with companylogos sit crammed into mugs andstuffed animals emblazoned withcorporate emblems lie helplesslyon the tables.

As the young man makes hisway around the room, examiningeach table with mild interest, theplastic sack grows heavier andheavier. Paraphernalia peeks out ofevery opening at the top of the bag;the pencils poke holes in its sides.Contented, the young man carrieshis bag of goodies back to hisdorm room, satisfied that his hourspent at the Career Fair was suc-cessful indeed.

Yes, these goodies, or tchotchkes,will be present by the bagfull at theCareer Fair. Some students, such asthe young man referenced in thestory above, only go to the CareerFair for these freebies. If you onlygo to the Career Fair for the gifts,however, you will have missed outon a chance to connect with poten-tial employers and network withCollege alumni.

The Career Services Office hasbeen hard at work over the past fewweeks interacting with students toget them excited about the opportu-nities that Career Services provides.On Sept. 2, Career Services spon-sored the “Fall Career Kick-Off” tostir up student interest. That eventproved to be well-attended, as werethe “CSO Comes to You” eventsthat have been happening at differ-ent locations around campus.

Career Services has sponsoredtwo “Resume Blitz” days, duringwhich students had walk-in ses-

sions with the office staff to helppolish their resumes. A“Professionalism ‘Know-How’Night” offered students a chance tolearn all about being well-dressedand professional when meetingwith potential employers. But, aswe all know, the busy lives ofGrove City College students areoften overwhelming, and fitting inanother event sometimes seemsimpossible.

Now the Career Fair is justaround the corner, and some stu-dents may be scrambling to be evena little prepared. Here are somebasic guidelines for the Career Fairfor those of us who may have beentoo busy to prepare.

Your Resume: Take a look at theResume Writing Guide on myGCC.You can find step-by-step instruc-tions on writing a resume, lists ofeye-catching words and phrases,and even sample resumes. Try tohighlight your skills and accom-plishments. Instead of making yourresume a boring laundry list ofexperiences, share your personalitywith potential employers and com-municate your strengths.

Make sure that there are absolute-ly no grammatical or spellingerrors. Even one error can make adifference! Ask a friend to peer-edityour resume to avoid making thosemistakes, and make sure that yourresume looks professional andclean. Showcase your experienceand extracurricular activities.Businesses want to see who youare, not just what you know.

Your Look: Suits were inventedfor a reason. Now is the time touse them. Be sure that you aredressed in professional businessattire. Be sure your clothes areclean and tailored; you want yourclothes to compliment you. If yourclothes are too shabby or flashy,they distract from you, so try todress according to your aspirations.Are you an engineer? Go for con-servative colors. Are you a teacheror looking for a job in public rela-tions? Try a bright tie or scarf.Maybe a bright shirt is acceptablein your field. Think ahead anddress on the basiss of your futurecareer. Make company representa-tives think, “That’s a teacher!” or“That’s an engineer!”

Your Conversation: Confidenceis key. Have a one- or two-minuteintroduction ready when youapproach a table. Shake the repre-sentative’s hand firmly and thenshare your basic information: yourname, year and major, and whatbrought you to their table. It’simportant to show the representa-tive that you have done yourresearch and that you already haveinterest in his or her company.

Once you’ve shared about your-self and your skills, ask them howyou might fit into their company.Find out if they could use someonewith your skill set and abilities. Besure to get specific instructions onhow to take the next step in gettinga job at their company, and do notforget to grab a business card.

One of the most importantthings you can do post-CareerFair is to follow up with thoserepresentatives whom you met.Send a brief email to each repre-sentative thanking them for theirtime and for the information thatthey provided.Not only does this make them

happy they came to the Fair, but

it also reminds them of yourconversation and shows themthat you took your time togetherseriously.

Year after year, the IntramuralRoom is filled with businesses andorganizations eager to meet GroveCity College students. They expectto meet well-rounded students whoare mature leaders and make ethicaldecisions. They expect to meet crit-ical thinkers and servants who keeptheir word and follow through withcontacts. You already have a solidbase for making connections, builtby past and present College stu-dents. Many employers at theCareer Fair will be alumni, so theyalready know what kind of back-ground you have.

Career Services works hardevery year to ensure that every stu-dent, no matter the year or major,can find a connection at the CareerFair. Out of 120 businesses from20 states, you are sure to findsomeone who is looking for a per-son like you. And do not think thatthese companies are just fromPennsylvania; several businessesat the Career Fair have locationsall over the country. Even smallercompanies from farther away trav-el to the Career Fair from variousstates because studies show thatstudents migrate back to theirhome area within one to threeyears after graduation. Come tothe Career Fair and find a contactnear you.

Even if you are not able to makeany promising contacts at the Fair,Career Services does not closewhen the Fair is over. These are tal-ented professionals who work hereall year long to serve you! They arehappy to work with individuals ona personal strategy for networkingand job hunting.

If you would like any furtherinformation on the Career Fair, stopby Career Services and the staffwill be happy to answer your ques-tions.

The one-act plays for this fall are“Surprise,” directed by Megan Markley,“Here We Are,” directed by seniorStephanie Carroll, “O The Humanity,”directed by senior Palmer Horst, “BullyComposition,” directed by junior C.J.Beatty, and “Relative Strangers,” direct-ed by senior LeeAnn Yeckley and juniorRebecca Sherman.

The One Acts for this semester wereselected to portray the many complicatedfacets of human relationships, as well asto deal with the basic idea of humanity.They were chosen by student coordinatorAbigail VanPatter, along with TAPAdviser Dr. Janice Brown.

“I think this festival deals with thebasic idea of humanity, and the relation-ships we have and the legacy we leavebehind,” said VanPatter. “This festival isimportant because it shows how theateraffects our lives and tells the truth in a

raw way.”The TAP One-Act Festival is put on by

the Tau Alpha Pi Theater honorary anddirected and coordinated by students.

“The One-Act is cool because each ofthe directors can interpret their plays asthey wish, so you get a new perspectiveon it,” said VanPatter.

Auditions for the One Acts started thefirst weekend of school. Thirteen actorsand actresses were selected to beinvolved in producing the plays. Each ofthese students attended two to three prac-tices a week for four weeks, until thestart of the performances on Thursday.

“There are a lot of characters in the cast,and there is an element of companionshipand camaraderie. It has been great work-ing with people who are so encouraging ofeach other,” said VanPatter.

As the Festival’s coordinator, VanPatteris in charge of selecting the plays andstudent directors, assisting in casting, cri-tiquing the plays, offering advice andattending most of the practices.

The plays have been described by thecast as “relatable,” “chilling,” “transpar-ent” and “so funny.”

Danielle HenryJuniors Amanda Deer, Emily Blizard, Emily Stumpf and Kelsey Jones prepare to learn about eti-quette and networking skills at Career Services’ popular “Professionalism ‘Know-How’ Night” onOct. 24.

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Abigail Van PatterJunior Olivia Palanza and freshman Stephen Horst star in “O the Humanity,”directed by junior C.J. Beatty.

CAREER CORNER

News4 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

HOMECOMING COURT

Matthew Bowersox

George Hampe

Tyler Mills

Darrius Pugh

Tim Riley

Shi Chen

Leslie Hardeman

Kristen Hebel

Jade Price

Sammi Vermilya

Major: AccountingActivities: Alpha Epsilon Chi, OrientationBoard, Student-Faculty Review Committee forAcademic IntegrityHonors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board,Delta Mu Delta Parents’ Names: David and Barbara BowersoxHometown: Hilliard, OhioGuilty Pleasure: Holding hands with the lovelyKristen Hebel Favorite Place on Campus: Henry BuhlLibrary When I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Married, have two kids, andlove my job as an accountant (Lord willing!)

Major: Entrepreneurship Activities: Grove City Theatre, OrientationBoard, “Something Else”Honors: Tau Alpha Pi, Rho Rho RhoParents’ Names: George and Holly Hampe Hometown: New Brighton, Pa.Guilty Pleasure: Playing an E7 on my ukulele Favorite Place on Campus: Lobby of Pew FineArts CenterWhen I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Continuing to have my passionfor performing and entertaining

Major: Music EducationActivities: Rho Rho Rho President, OrientationBoard Executive Committee, Zeta Zeta ZetaSorority SweetheartHonors: Dean’s List, Kappa Delta Pi, Pierogie atPittsburgh Pirates Game Parents’ Names: Robin and Jim MillsHometown: Plainville, Pa.Guilty Pleasure: Drumming loudly on my deskFavorite Place on Campus: Presidential suiteon the Rho Rho Rho hall When I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: A high school instrumentalteacher

Major: Psychology Activities: Beta Sigma, Mens Rugby, Glee ClubParent’s Name: Dorothy PughHometown: Baltimore, Md.Guilty Pleasure: Dancing when no one is look-ingFavorite Place on Campus: Ketler RecreationWhen I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Still trying to figure out what Iwant to do in life

Major: EntrepreneurshipActivities: Omicron Xi, Resident Assistant - H2P(junior year) Honor: Crimson and White SocietyParents’ Names: Tom (’77) and Lila (Thomas’79) RileyHometown: West Bloomfield, Mich. Guilty Pleasure: During those late nights ofstudying and driving solo in my care, my speak-ers are never shy to pump some classic MariahCareyFavorite Place on Campus: The chapelWhen I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Hoping to participate in a non-profit and serve in youth ministry

Major: Business Management Activities: Theta Alpha Pi President, TheCollegian-Advertising Manager, Ski andSnowboard ClubHonors: Mortar Board, Crimson and WhiteSociety, Operation Top ManagementParents’ Names: Skip and Ellen Vermilya Hometown: Sylvania, OhioGuilty Pleasure: America's Next Top Model orlistening to “The Fray”Favorite Place on Campus: The apartmentsWhen I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Working the human resourcesfield

Major: Molecular BiologyActivities: Orientation Board ExecutiveCommittee, Alpha Beta Tau, Red BoxMissionaryHonors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board,Beta Beta Beta Biology Honorary Parents’ Names: Scott and Kyle Price Hometown: North Caldwell, N.J.Guilty Pleasure: Eating warm crepes withNutellaFavorite Place on Campus: Any piece of lawnwhere I can look up and gaze at the sky on astarry nightWhen I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Practicing medicine in anunder-served area of the world

Major: Molecular BiologyActivities: Resident Assistant (freshmen andupperclassmen), as many IM sports as possible,Women’s Soccer for 2 yearsHonors: Mortar Board Honorary, Historian forBeta Beta Beta Biology Honorary, OmicronDelta Kappa HonoraryParents’ Names: Scott and Natalie HebelHometown: Mason, OhioGuilty Pleasure: York peppermint pattiesFavorite Place on Campus: Anywhere I can behanging out with friends! When I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Whatever the Lord has instore! Hopefully be married, have a family, andbe working as a pediatric nurse practitioner

Major: Marketing ManagementActivities: Student Assistant to BusinessDepartment Chair, Dr. Markley, OrientationBoard, IM SportsHonors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board,American Marketing Association PresidentParents’ Names: John and Pam Hardeman Hometown: San Antonio, TexasGuilty Pleasure: Turning on Christmas lightsand singing “Chestnuts Roasting on an OpenFire” in OctoberFavorite Place on Campus: The gazebo onlower campus When I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Either living in suburbia,U.S.A. with a family, or in the jungles of Africadoing mission work

Major: Elementary EducationActivities: Student teacher, Freshman ResidentAssistant ’08-’09, OrchesisParents’ Names: Jingiang and Ping Chen Hometown: Baltimore, Md.Guilty Pleasure: Dark chocolate, watching“America’s Best Dance Crew”Favorite Place on Campus: My sweet suiteWhen I Come Back for Homecoming in 10Years, I Will Be: Hopefully teaching in the innercity

News 5The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

students. In addition, H1N1 has no

defined “season”; the global out-break began during summer,which is historically a rare timefor the flu to spread. Members ofthe health care community arescrambling to reduce its currentunpredictable status by advocat-ing for more funding for develop-ing and efficiently deploying aviable vaccine.

Transmission and Prevention Upon entry into the victim’s

body through a mucous mem-brane, the H1N1 virus targets thecells lining the throat, nose andlungs. The CDC thus recom-mends that all coughs andsneezes be covered and thathands be brought in minimal con-tact with the eyes, nose andmouth.

Environmental health expertsMark Nicas and Rachel Jones ofthe University of California dis-covered from recent study thatthe greatest risk of transmissionis caused by uncovered coughs,or by breathing in droplets of aircontaining the flu. One of theother ways the influenza virusmay be spread is through contactwith surfaces. It can survive onsurfaces, like books and door-knobs, for two to eight hoursafter being deposited and infectsimmediately upon contact.

The influenza virus can effec-tively be killed by chemical ger-micides and alcohols, if used inthe proper manner. The most pro-moted prevention measures arehand-washing amd frequent useof alcohol-based hand cleaners.According to Gregg, theEmergency Response Team atGrove City College has deployedmany hand sanitizer stations forthe convenience of students.

“Containment, reducing theprobability of spread andacknowledging the significantrole hand-washing plays inreducing infection are our toppriorities in terms of communica-tion,” Gregg said. “Whether it

involves a faculty member or astudent, the individual experienc-ing flu-like symptoms must entera period of self-isolation in orderto maintain a healthy environ-ment. Our encouragement is forstudents having an opportunity togo home, to go home as soon aspractical. If not, self-isolation isthat next best option.”

Amy Pagano, director of theZerbe Health and WellnessCenter, also encourages studentsto take preventative measures andresponsible steps upon diagnosis.

“Hand-washing is the singlemost important means of prevent-ing the spread of infection; in theabsence of soap and water, alco-hol-based hand sanitizer is anacceptable alternative,” Paganosaid. “All students should regu-larly practice basic measuressuch as hand-washing, cough andsneeze etiquette and social dis-tancing in order to help preventthe spread of illness.”

According to the CDC, the fol-lowing flu symptoms requireimmediate medical attention: dif-ficulty breathing or shortness ofbreath, pain or pressure in thechest or abdomen, sudden dizzi-ness, confusion and severe orpersistent vomiting. The morecommon symptoms include afever, runny nose and headaches.If a student should experienceany of these symptoms, theEmergency Response Teamencourages the student to cut offall unnecessary contact with oth-ers and enter into a state of self-isolation.

“Students should frequentlycheck the College website towatch for updates on the H1N1status and plans, and should fol-low the instructions that theyare given regarding self-isola-tion in the event they do haveinfluenza-like illness,” Paganosaid. “Practicing self-isolationwhen ill will help mitigate thespread of the illness and canhelp protect others that may beat risk for complications relatedto the flu.”

There are several ways inwhich students can preparebeyond the normal preventativemeasures. WebMD recommends,in addition to purchasing antibac-terial soaps and gels, stockpiling

face masks, DVDs and books,and putting the family physicianon speed dial. The CDC andZerbe Health Center recommendthat students invest in a swine flu“emergency kit,” consisting of athermometer, cough syrup, aceta-minophen, tissues and bottledwater as a further preparatorystep.

H1N1 DevelopmentsThe FDA recently approved an

H1N1 vaccine developed by fourcompanies, and vaccination isprojected to begin in late fall,while the vaccination for the sea-sonal flu became available to stu-dents yesterday. The seasonalvaccinations at Zerbe are held byFamily Healthcare Partners.

“The seasonal flu vaccine isnot for immunization against theH1N1 influenza virus. The vac-cine for H1N1 influenza isexpected to become availablelater in October or November,”Pagano said. “If a student pres-ents influenza-like illness (feverof 100 degrees or higher, coughand/or sore throat) we can sub-mit up to three swabs per weekto the state lab to test forinfluenza including the H1N1influenza. In this manner wewill be able to determine thepresence of H1N1 on our cam-pus. At this time students withthese symptoms are asked to callthe health center to discuss theirsymptoms to determine if anevaluation is needed, or if thereis indication for a flu swab to besent to the lab.”

A primary concern of thehealth care community is theunpredictable nature of the flu;just when researchers may devel-op an effective vaccine againstthe virus, it may mutate andbecome more or less virulent.However, the EmergencyResponse Team and Zerbe HealthCenter believe the importance ofawareness and early preparednesscannot be over-emphasized.

The CDC Web site,www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu, offerscomprehensive information onH1N1, and students are encour-aged to use this Web site andother professional outlets to stayinformed about this developingsituation.

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College’s sportsTV show to debutBy Olivia ForishCollegian Contributing Writer

A new campus sports show,“The Wolverine Den,” will pre-miere Monday on the GroveCity College network station,GCC-TV.

Created by juniors AndrewParry and Camden Coppelli,“The Wolverine Den” will helpsupplement the weekly GCC-TVNews program which airs onFridays.

The intent of “The WolverineDen” is to focus explicitly on allaspects of campus athletics. Itwill feature varsity athletics,intramural sports and clubsports. Parry and Coppelli alsointend to interview coaches,players and alumni, as well asfeaturing biographies on playersand coaches.

Parry hopes that the show willincrease school spirit and getstudents excited about sports oncampus.

“We have a lot of goodteams, and people need to knowabout what’s going on withthem,” Parry said. “A lot oftimes students can’t make it togames for one reason or anoth-er. The show will be able tokeep them informed on what’shappening, and with clips fromthe actual games, students willget a better feel of what theymissed.”

After the airing of a new seg-ment each Monday, the showwill continue to be playedthroughout the rest of the weekin addition to the GCC-TVNews. They are also looking intopotentially posting the showsonline so they can be watched atthe viewers’ convenience.

As of now, the productionteam consists of senior RainerFehrenbacher, juniors Parry andCoppelli and freshmen JohnSuchin and Olivia Forish.

One of “The Wolverine Den’s”

editors, Fehrenbacher is antici-pating working on the show.

“I’m personally very excitedto be working on thisproject,”said Fehrenbacher “It’snot every day that you get anopportunity to work on some-thing this fun and not have theextra pressure of working for agrade.”

Coppelli, who co-created theshow, is doing it to gain experi-ence. “As a junior communica-tion [studies] major, I’m still notreally sure what I want to dowith my life,” he said. “TVbroadcasting and editing high-lights just one of my many inter-ests, and I’m thankful to havethis opportunity.”

Suchin said, “I’m interested inthe various aspects of televisionproduction in general and I feellike this will be a fun way tobecome involved on somelevel.”

Interest in the show seems tobe gathering quickly as studentsanticipate the premier. PetePolesnak, starting offensive line-man for the football team, said,“It’s a good idea, and I am veryexcited to see some of the GroveCity sports receive the recogni-tion they deserve.”

This is the excitement thatParry hoped to generate. “I wantto create a show that is enter-taining for the students andmakes them want to watch,”Parry said. “It’s weird becausewe really just came up with theidea about two weeks ago, andI have already heard peopletalking about it. I am reallyexcited to see how it comes outand hope that it starts newshows and brings more creativeideas to the campus entertain-ment sector.”

Tune into Channel 24 onMonday to witness the premierwith its exciting footage, funnyinterviews and spoofs of sportsat Grove City College.

News6 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

By Arielle BatemanCollegian Managing Editor

Mention of “Little House onthe Prairie” evokes images ofcovered wagons, sprawlingprairies, and log cabins. Few peo-ple would link the books to therise of conservatism in the late19th century, and even the elec-tion of President Ronald Reagan.But that is precisely what Dr.John H. Fry, professor of historyat Trinity Christian College, sug-gested in his Monday lectureentitled “The Politics of LauraIngalls Wilder.” The Center forVision and Values sponsored theevent, which took place at 7 p.m.in Sticht Lecture Hall.

“The Little House books pre-pared the ground for the successof conservatism in the late 20thcentury,” Fry said. Both libertari-ans and traditionalists joinedforces in the conservative move-ment of that time. Millions ofAmericans had read the LittleHouse books, which promotelimited government and conser-vative family values. With hisconservative political platform,Reagan was able to “bridge thegap” and offer the same valuesthat the Little House books had.

In order to lay the frameworkfor this theory, Fry explainedWilder’s personal and politicalhistory. Wilder’s early yearsrevolved around moves betweenWisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa andthe Dakota Territory. After sheand her husband Almanzo Wildermoved to Mansfield, Miss., theyestablished Rocky Ridge Farm,which served as their home andlivelihood for the rest of theirlives. For 14 years, Wilder wrotefor the farming publication TheMissouri Ruralist before writingthe Little House books. She wasencouraged to write by herdaughter, Rose Wilder, whoworked as a successful fictionwriter for magazine publications.

Wilder compiled her memoriesinto an autobiography. Herdaughter typed the manuscript,made some edits and sent it toher publishers. At the same time,she sent some of her mother’sstories from childhood to a chil-

dren’s book publisher. The pub-lishers only accepted the storiesfor children, and the book “LittleHouse in the Big Woods” waspublished in 1932. Subsequentvolumes followed, and Wilderachieved economic security withthe success of the series.

However, the Little Housebooks are not factual accounts ofWilder’s childhood. The mother-and-daughter team shaped theaccounts to make certain points.

“They left things out, they putthings in, just like all writers offiction do,” Fry said.

For example, Wilder’s booksemphasize the idea of “familyself -sufficience” [sic]. “LittleHouse in the Big Woods” showsthe family’s isolation, while “TheLong Winter” describes the fami-ly’s solo struggle against the ele-ments. But in fact, Fry explained,the family enjoyed the companyof others. For example, theIngalls family shared their 160-acre section with Paul Quinor,Caroline Ingalls’ brother, thoughWilder never mentions the fact inher books.

“The changes were probablymade to emphasize the self-reliance of the family, [their]ingenuity and adaptability,” hesaid. “The books ridicule thosewho could not make it out in thewest and have to move backeast.” But the Little House booksfail to mention that Wilder’s fam-ily had to move several times aswell, due to financial struggles.

Fry believes that Wilder com-municated her political viewsthrough her writing. Wilder con-sidered herself a conservative,but she stood out among the resi-dents of Mansfield as one of thefew Democratic voters. She iden-tified with the party because shesupported a limited government,one that remained as “unobtru-sive as possible.”

Fry said, “She was firmly anti-FDR and anti-New Deal.”

Though most of her writingswere apolitical, Wilder praisedpioneer virtues such as self-reliance, independence, frugalityand hard work; she also valued“community barn-raising types ofevents,” Fry explained.

Still, Wilder believed that thegovernment served as a valuableresource. She worked as theNational Farm Loan AssociationCo. founder and secretary-treas-urer (1917-1928), funneling over$100,000 of federal money intoMansfield farming.

Wilder also ran for publicoffice – the position of collectorfor Pleasant Valley Township,which offered a $300 annualsalary. In her advertisement in thepaper, she stated, “‘I am not apolitician and have no intent ofentering politics.” Running as athird party candidate, shereceived only 60 votes.

Wilder and her husbandAlmanzo disliked governmentalinvolvement and considered it anintrusion, Fry said. Once, govern-mental officials stopped AlmanzoWilder to tell him that he couldnot plant on some of his land. Hetold them if they didn’t get off,he would shoot them.

In the Little House books, thefederal government is mentionedonly occasionally but usuallywith “a note of ridicule” or “out-right opposition,” Fry said. Hebelieves that “Little House on thePrairie” shows the Ingalls familystaking their claim in the DakotaTerritory under the HomesteadAct, only to be sent away by gov-ernment soldiers a few yearslater. In the book, Wilder’s fathercalls staking a claim “a bet” withthe government and wonders whowill win.

In the midst of the series’ pop-ularity, controversy regarding itsauthorship abounded. Thoughbooks such as “Ghost in theLittle House” credit Rose Wilderwith writing the books, morerecent books such as “BecomingLaura Ingalls Wilder” creditLaura Ingalls Wilder as the writerand Rose Wilder as a collaboratorwho typed, edited and addeddetails.

“Rose went to her death sayingthat they were her mother’sbooks,” Fry said.

If Rose Wilder acted as the pri-mary author, Fry suggests that theLittle House books would bemore strongly anti-government.Rose Wilder held more extreme

political views than her mother,as she aligned herself with theLibertarian party. “At one point,she was investigated by the FBIfor negative comments aboutsocial security,” Fry said.

Scholars believe that she addeda political spin to certain scenes,such as the Independence Daycelebration in DeSmet. After herfather sings, “My Country ’Tis ofThee,” Wilder reflects on the lastchorus that praises “great Godour King.” She writes, “God isAmericans’ king. Americans arefree. They have to obey their ownconsciousness.” Fry calls thispassage “an insightful descriptionof American individualism.”

Fry referenced Anita ClairFellman’s book “Little House,Long Shadow,” which connectsthe success of the Little Housebooks with the rise of conser-

vatism. The books enjoyed greatpopularity in the U.S., with 60million copies sold. Teachers usedthe book as curriculum material,assuming that the books were fac-tually true. The series generatedcountless pageants, plays, tours,musicals, sequels, prequels andassorted merchandise, The U.S.government even translated thebooks into German and Japaneseafter World War II, so that thesenations could see what theAmerican way of life was like.

Fry read the Little House booksat the encouragement of his wife.When Fry began graduate workat Dusquene University, his wifesuggested that he conductresearch on Laura Ingalls Wilder.He wrote several papers onWilder and discussed her in hisbook, “The Farm Press, Reformand Rural Change, 1895-1920.”

Vision & Values hosts Wilder lectureTrinity College prof discusses politics of ‘Little House’ author

mppl.org/kids/booklists/Chidrens-Classics.htmThe cover of the second book in Wilders’ Little House series.

By Luke JudayPerspectives Board Editor

Grove City College’s nationally-ranked debate team opened the 2009-2010 season with a solid performance atWestern Kentucky University inBowling Green, Ky., this past weekend.

In the novice division, Grove Cityteams took first and second place,“locking out” the final round and endingthe novice tournament early. The twonovice teams were made up of freshmenMarc Davis, Nathaniel Cowling, KateNagatani and Allison Spaulding.

Davis and Cowling defeated WebsterUniversity in quarterfinals and MiamiUniversity of Ohio in semifinals.Nagatani and Spaulding defeated teamsfrom Gainesville State in quarterfinalsand Hillsdale College in semifinals tocomplete the lockout.

In the varsity division, Grove Cityteams finished second and third. TwoGrove City teams rolled past rivalsPatrick Henry College and HillsdaleCollege in quarterfinals to advance tosemifinals.

Unfortunately, because of their posi-tions in the bracket, Grove City’s varsi-ty teams hit each other in semifinals.

This forced a coach’s decision toadvance senior Luke Juday and juniorDayne Batten over juniors HarrisonEaley and Alex Pepper.

Batten and Juday were unable to fin-ish the job, however. Early mistakescame back to haunt in a hotly contestedfinal round on whether the United Statesshould leave the North American FreeTrade Union.

The returning Grove City duo, whowon six tournaments last year, fell on a3-0 decision to the United States AirForce Academy. USAFA had the sixth-ranked program in the country last yearand looks to be a top national contender

again this year.Other topics of debate included

strengthening U.S. troop movement onthe Mexico border, withdrawing theFrench ban on wearing religious sym-bols in public schools and the New YorkCity public smoking ban.

Western Kentucky’s tournament is oneof the most significant season-openingtournaments in the region, and the out-standing performance by Grove City’sdebaters bodes well for what will hope-fully be another excellent season. Thesuccess of the squad’s novices is espe-

Debate team makes strong start in Kentucky

See Debate, page 8

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News8 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Bonjour!!

Student recalls an encounter in ParisBy Patrick BrownCollegian Contributing Writer

When I saw the closed metrodoors, I knew that I was in for aninteresting night. I hadn’t meant tobe out so late. But what I hadmeant to do didn’t matter. Here Iwas, 20 minutes after the last trainclosed, without a way home. Butwhat might have been a bad expe-rience turned into one of my mostilluminating and truly memorableexperiences in Paris.

I began walking from the Latinquarter at about 1:30 a.m., tiredfrom a long day in the Louvre anda visit to the Arc d’Triomphe aswell as my late night visit to theLatin quarter. As I came to theclosest metro stop, I quickly real-ized that it was closed. Its doorsstood in front of me, dark andimpenetrable.

I hurriedly walked over thebridge to the Île de la Cité, theisland in the middle of the citywhere the most important buildingsof Paris stand, such as NotreDame. I looked for the next metrostation to see if it might be openand the other metro stop a fluke,but my hopes were quickly dashed.

I didn’t know what to do. I wasliving in a hostel in Montmartre,about four miles from where Iwas. The way back was throughthe dark and twisted streets of ametropolis in a foreign country,and I didn’t speak the languagewell. I felt stupid for missing thelast train and somewhat scared towalk the streets alone. I stoodthere for a while underneath themagnificent facade of the cathe-dral of Notre Dame, angry atmyself. I decided to give it up toGod and trust that he held me inhis hand. I started walking.

After a few minutes of walking,

a man came up to me and startedto point out where the metro was.I think that he had seen me look-ing at the other metro and was try-ing to help me. I started to explainin my broken French that I knewwhere the metro was and that itwas closed. He agreed and startedwalking down the street with me.

I introduced myself, which wasreally the only thing I could sayconfidently in French. He asked mefor a smoke, but I told him, “Sorry”– the only thing I could think tosay. After a minute, he rubbed hisstomach and asked me if I washungry. I said, “A little bit.”

He pointed to a nearby kebabshop and asked me if I would liketo eat with him. I was a little wary,and I was tired from the day. But Idecided that it might be a once-in-

a-lifetime opportunity. I shruggedmy shoulders and said, “Oui.”

I am so glad that I did. Hebrought me in and ordered akebab sandwich covered in friesfor both of us. As we stood therewaiting he kept looking into themirror at his eyes, remarking howred they were. I asked him,“Fatigué?” He laughed and said,“Oui, fatigué.” I think it was thenI realized he had been smokingmarijuana.

As I sat down with him, I hadno idea what to do; his Englishwas as bad as my French. But as Ibegan to talk, using a languagewhich I had studied during fresh-man year, I began to grow moreconfident. Even though our gram-mar would have been laughable toany native speaker of French or

English, we began to have a realconversation. We talked aboutwhere we were from, differentcustoms we had and what musicwe liked. When he learned that Iwas from the West Coast, he tookout his iPod shuffle and made melisten to his favorite artist, whoturned out to be Tupac.

As we talked, I realized what ahard life my new friend had lived.He had scars covering his hands;he told me that someone in hishouse had given them to him.After I learned that he was fromoutside Paris, I asked him what hethought of the Parisians. He sim-ply uttered a curse word. I thinkthrough it all he was just happy tohave a friend to talk to.

We finished our delicious sand-wiches about 30 minutes later, and

he walked with me for a while inthe direction of Montmartre. Wepassed some women in the doorsof the nearby buildings whom Isoon realized were prostitutes onthe job. My new friend asked me,“Wouldn’t you like?” I said, “No,”and tried to explain to him why Ididn’t want to. I don’t think heunderstood.

As we came to the end of thestreet, I told him I needed to keepwalking. He told me that I had along walk ahead of me. I said, “Iknow.” He started talking to me infaster French that I couldn’t under-stand. I asked him to repeat it acouple times before I realized whathe was trying to say: he was ask-ing me if I would remember him.

I don’t think I had realized untilthen how much this night hadmeant to him, or how much it hadmeant to me. I realized that Godhad turned my “stupid mistake”into an opportunity for two peo-ple from different cultures toimpact each other, even if it wasonly for less than an hour. I toldhim I would never forget him orthat night.

As I walked off, readyingmyself for the lonely and daunt-ing hour-long journey ahead ofme, I knew that I would probablynever see him again. Now I am inSt. Andrews, Scotland, far awayfrom Paris. But I will never forgetthat night or my friend. His namewas Narcon.

In an effort to maintain aconnection with GroveCity College studentsspread throughout theworld, The Collegian willregularly print a letterfrom a student studying ina foreign country.

cially encouraging. The novice division in debate pits all

first-year college debaters against oneanother. The four freshmen, though onlyon campus for a month now, have alreadyproven that Grove City debate will be aforce to be reckoned with for severalyears to come.

The squad attending the tournamentwas also the largest one that the Collegehad ever sent to a tournament. Eightteams – six varsity and two novice –attended with four professors. While aseries of setbacks plagued four of thevarsity teams, none were beaten intosubmission; three varsity teams were

one win away from advancing to quar-terfinals.

The other four teams competing at thetournament were juniors Daniel Hansonand Kelsey Winther, senior AbigailKeifman and junior Evan Denlinger, jun-ior Brittany Cobb and sophomore KirbyGowen, and sophomores Lauren Thomasand Andy Walker.

Judging were Drs. Steven Jones, pro-fessor of sociology; Jason Edwards, pro-fessor of education; Andrew Harvey, pro-fessor of English; and Michael Coulter,professor of political science.

In the upcoming weeks of the fallsemester, debaters will travel to BereaCollege in Kentucky, Hillsdale College inMichigan, and Bowling Green StateUniversity in Ohio.

The national debate landscape is lesssecure this year as budget cuts at major

institutions and continued strife withindebate’s largest governing bodies overpedagogical issues took a toll on debateprograms across the country.

These problems have not plaguedGrove City, which is fielding its largestand strongest debate team in recent histo-ry this year. Eight returning varsity teams(of two debaters each) and fifteen novicesmake up the squad, which is coached byJones and captained by Juday.

Grove City’s debate team competes inparliamentary debate, a two-on-two for-mat with different resolutions for eachround, in the National ParliamentaryDebate Association. Its history goes backto the founding of the College, but it wasresurrected in its current form in the late1990s and, following the majority of col-lege programs, made the shift to parlia-mentary debate in 2006.

The squad first came to national promi-nence during the 2007-2008 season aftera strong class of novices brought anunexpected string of victories and top-20national rankings.

At the end of the 2008-2009 season,Grove City had the 15th-ranked varsityteam in the country (Juday and Batten),the 9th-ranked program in the NPDA,seven tournament victories and an aggre-gate record of 202-99.

In January, Juday and Hanson will rep-resent Grove City College at the 2010World Universities DebatingChampionships in Antalya, Turkey.

Four hundred teams will attend fromuniversities around the world, includingteams from 30 U.S. schools.

The English language competition isthe largest inter-collegiate debate tourna-ment in the world.

Debate from page 6

Patrick BrownThe majestic Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the sights junior Patrick Brown saw during his visit toParis, France last semester.

News 9The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Collegian interviews FreedomWorks CEOBy Sean MorrisCollegian Writer

Sean Morris: What exactly isFreedomWorks? What is its pur-pose, and the story behind itsfounding?

Matt Kibbe ’85: Formerlycalled Citizens for a SoundEconomy, FreedomWorks wasfounded in 1984 as an offshoot ofthe Austrian Economics programat George Mason University. Weare not primarily a think tank,content to study the issues andpublish papers and reports. Thereare many groups doing importantwork in this area.FreedomWorks’ mission is to turnthose ideas and policies intoaction.

We are a grassroots organiza-tion with over 750,000 membersacross the country. We identify,educate and activate citizens whoare passionate about showing upto support free enterprise andlimited government. Governmentgoes to those who show up, andthe only thing that trumps specialinterests looking to feed at thepublic trough is active citizenswho make their voices heard.

M: What can you tell us aboutyourself? What was your major atGrove City College? What didyou do after graduating from

here? What led you to becomethe Chief Executive Officer ofFreedomWorks?

K: I started out as a biologymajor, but switched to economicsat the urging of a fraternity broth-er – Pete Boettke ’83 – after anargument over philosophy andthe proper role of governmentlate one night. Pete now is arespected professor who runs theBuchanan Center at GeorgeMason University. Pete also con-vinced me to go to Mason to dograduate work in economics,where there was a vibrantAustrian economics program.

While I like ideas and the openintellectual environment at GMU,I wanted to make a tangible dif-ference in real time. I went towork part time for CSE as a poli-cy analyst and eventually took ajob with the Republican NationalCommittee, and then the U.S.Chamber of Commerce. Thesepositions gave me a better under-stand of how decisions are actu-ally made in the nation’s capitol.I worked as a Chief of Staff for aCongressman starting in 1992.My timing was great, and I got tobe a small part of the politicalrevolution of 1994, whenRepublicans took over Congress.My experiences led me to theconclusion that good ideas are

dependent on both principledpolitical leadership and continu-ous grassroots discipline frominformed constituents.

M: What can you tell us aboutthe 9/12 march on Washington?

K: Sept. 12 was one of themost important days for econom-ic freedom and individual libertyI have witnessed in my life.Hundreds of thousands ofAmericans gathered in theDistrict for the March onWashington.

It was the logical culminationof thousands of “tea party” ralliesand town hall protests that haveoccurred across the nation sinceFebruary. True to the independ-ent, even libertarian spirit ofthese many protests and protest-ers, there were thousands oforganizers for our march andhundreds of assorted caravans ofbuses from every corner of thenation.

The March on Washington wasthe largest gathering of fiscalconservatives in the history of theNation’s Capital. Nothing elsecomes close by comparison. Mywife Terry (Schott ’86) Kibbesdropped me off five blocks fromFreedom Plaza where the Marchbegan, because we couldn’t getany closer because the crowdswere so large that the police had

shut down the streets. She said tome, “Did you ever think thatyou’d be making history?”

And she was right (as shealways is). The Smithsonian con-tacted us last week asking forsome of our memorabilia to beincluded as part of their perma-nent collection.

The size of the crowd was solarge that it has been the sourceof heated debate in the mediawith estimates of “tens of thou-sands” to 2 million. Based on ourown analysis, we estimate thatthe crowd that managed to get tothe general area of the Capitolgrounds was between 600,000and 800,000.

This is indisputable evidencethat Americans uniquely treasuretheir freedoms, and will rise up toprotect them no matter the cost orinconvenience. While much ofthis mobilized anger has its rootsin the wasteful spending, ear-marks and bailouts of the previ-ous administration, this grass-roots revolution reached fullbloom with the fiscally insanepolicies of President BarackObama and his congressionalallies.

M: What prompted your returnto your alma mater this week?

K: I keep crossing paths withLee Wishing at various free mar-

ket events and he was kindenough to invite me to speak.Grove City College is a specialplace for us. I met my Terryhere, and Grove City’s uniqueintellectual environment helpedshape my career path (althoughmy wife claims credit for that aswell, at least any good stuff).

M: What will you speaking on?K: I will be speaking on the

economics of the proposed gov-ernment takeover of our healthcare system, and the impact ofthis new grassroots constituencyfor limited government.

M: What is your hope for thecrowd present at FreedomReaders on Wednesday evening?What would you like to see themdo in our present time? How doyou hope to encourage, motivateand/or inform them with yourpresentation?

K: It is my hope that the stu-dents at Grove City College willrealize that they can make a dif-ference and that they shouldbecome involved in the debateover the size and reach of gov-ernment in their lives, and have abetter understanding of thoseopportunities than I did when Igraduated. Like everything elsein life, you have to show up tomake a difference.

Alumni to receive Jack KennedyAchievement Awards at Homecoming

Three Grove City Collegealumni will be honored withJack Kennedy ’37 MemorialAlumni Achievement Awardsduring Homecoming weekend2009. The awards will be pre-sented at a 7 p.m. ceremonytonight in the Carnegie AlumniCenter.

The achievement awards wereestablished in 1964 by theGrove City College AlumniAssociation to recognize alumniwho have made significant con-tributions to their fields and tosociety. The awards were laternamed in honor and memory oflongtime Director of AlumniRelations and Career ServicesJack Kennedy ’37. The programhas recognized 154 alumni.

James Henderson ’65 is thevice chairman of the LaheyClinic and chairman of theMiddlesex Community CollegeFoundation. He was the CEOand president of AnalyticalSystems EngineeringCorporation, a company thatprovided communications,information technology andsecurity installation for the U.S.government and other countries,in Burlington, Mass., for 25years.

Henderson remained in hisrole through several mergersand was president at AffiliatedComputer Services Defenseuntil 2001. Henderson served asa captain in the Air Force andgraduated from HarvardBusiness School in 1972.

His board positions haveincluded Middlesex CommunityCollege, Baybank Middlesex,Alpha Industries, NorthSuburban Chamber ofCommerce and president of sev-eral industrial associations. Heand his wife, Eileen, reside inMassachusetts and have twodaughters.

Catherine (Dalecki ’75)Thornberry is the founder ofExport Procedures Co., Inc.,which provides consulting serv-ices for exporting to industrialand high-tech companies.Thornberry has federal appoint-ments to the U.S. Department ofCommerce and the U.S.Department of State.

She also serves on theWestern Pennsylvania DistrictExport Council, NationalCouncil on International TradeDevelopment, Society forInternational Affairs and alsothe Ohio Foreign Commerce

Association Board of Directors. She is an adjunct faculty

member at the A.J. PalumboSchool of Business at DuquesneUniversity and has authored thetextbook “Export Procedures:An Interactive Guide to ExportDocumentation.” Thornberrywas named one ofPennsylvania’s Best 50 Womenin Business for 1998. She has ason, a daughter and threestepchildren, and she and herhusband, Ed Barth, live in

Zelienople, Pa.Raymond Wile ’56 currently

serves as a trustee with ForkUnion Military Academy andwas recognized by that institu-tion as a DistinguishedAlumnus. Following his gradua-tion from Grove City College,he was employed by ArmstrongCork and later the NCHCompany.

In 1970, he co-founded theDymon Chemical Companywhich has sales in both the

domestic and international mar-kets. He served as president andobtained several patents thatsupported a line of more than450 products.

He sold the company in 1998and retired to Williamsburg, Va.,where he is active in many char-itable causes and has served asan elder in the PresbyterianChurch. Wile and his wife,Marty, have been married for 53years and have five children:three daughters and two sons.

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OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE...

By Danielle HenryCollegian News Editor

Called a “red state rock star”at a recent conservativewomen’s gathering inTennessee, Elizabeth “Liz”Cheney looks ready to takefront and center of the political

stage. The older daughter offormer Vice President DickCheney is no stranger to theworld of politics. Although sheis currently focused on her roleas a mother of five children,she is seriously considering abid for political office in thefuture.

Cheney, 44, is a graduate ofColorado College and theUniversity of Chicago lawschool. She worked for the U.S.Agency for InternationalDevelopment in1989 and thenpracticed law in the private sec-tor for international law.

She held her first State

Department appointment in1980 and a second in 2002 asdeputy secretary for NearEastern affairs, which she leftafter two years to help with herfather’s re-election campaign.

When she returned in 2005,she was appointed to the postas deputy secretary for econom-

ic and political affairs in theNear and Middle East. Herduties included the promotionand support of democracy andeconomic progress in that area.Cheney was also involved inthe presidential campaign in2008 for Fred Thompson andthen Mitt Romney.

Presently, Cheney is one ofthe strongest defenders of theBush-Cheney policies concern-ing Iraq, Afghanistan and theWar on Terror – specificallyadvocating enhanced interroga-tion methods. Because of herviews, some critics havelabeled her “pro-torture” andaccused her of waffling on thedefinition of torture.

When it comes to nationalsecurity, Cheney is adamantand holds a strong position. Shehas raised criticism of PresidentObama’s handling of nationalsecurity.

On CNN’s “Larry KingLive,” Cheney called PresidentObama “an American presidentwho seems to be afraid todefend America.”

For these reasons, and thefact that she is extremely popu-lar among conservative groupsRepublicans are seriously con-templating this rising star as afuture candidate for nationalpolitical office.

Cheney has convinced herfather to write his memoirs andwill be helping him completethat project until 2011. Whileworking as a mother and help-ing preserve her father’s legacy,Cheney accepts numerousengagements and interviewseach month to speak out for thevalues of Americans andreevaluation of where ournation is headed on its presentcourse.

Currently, a number ofretired generals and admiralsare accusing Cheney of scare-mongering in her vocal opposi-tion to the closing of theGuantanamo Bay militaryprison. Cheney, however, isdetermined not to back down.

“I’ve spent a lot of time pro-moting democracy around theworld… it has made me reallygrateful for our system and hasgiven me a real understandingof how important it is to partic-ipate,” Cheney said.

She has also co-founded anew Web site calledKeepAmericaSafe.com, sched-uled to go online soon to serveas a conservative forum,resource and publication.

Liz Cheney rises as new Republican star

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Life12 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Why do Grovers return?Top five reasons from alumni who

work at Grove City CollegeBy Linnea SudduthCollegian Contributing Writer

For many Grove City Collegeemployees, Homecoming requireslittle more than stepping out oftheir offices. When 13 alumni andemployees – from admissionscounselors to professors, fromcoaches to President Richard G.Jewell ’67 himself – were askedwhy they returned to the Collegeto work, their answers were sur-prisingly consistent. Groversgravitate back to the Grovechiefly for five reasons.

Reason Five: CoworkersCarol (MacGamwell ’79)

Yannuzzi returned to campus 14months ago to work as a develop-ment officer in Carnegie AlumniCenter.

“The day I interviewed with Dr.Jewell, I knew I was home,”Yannuzzi said. “It is a wonderfulgroup of dedicated and caringpeople I get to work with every-day.”

Admissions counselor LaurenSchuelke ’09 agreed, saying, “Iwanted to be part of an office thatshared the same values as I do.”

Reason Four: Family“My family and my wife’s fam-

ily live in the region, and it is alsoa place where I can be comfort-able living and raising a family,”said Michael Coulter ’91, a politi-cal science professor. “It’s also anaffordable place to live and raisea family.”

Similarly, library director DianeGrundy ’65 grew up in GroveCity. After completing her mas-ter’s degree in library science, shereturned to her hometown andalma mater.

“I promised the President Iwould give him three years, soobviously I can’t count,” Grundysaid. “I liked the job, this was myhome, and I needed to stay herefor my family. There was no rea-son to leave.”

Reason Three: StudentsMen’s and women’s swimming

coach David Fritz ’94 said,“Because of it being a Christiancollege, [Grove City College]brings a higher quality studentwho has high ethical and moralvalues. The students here are verymotivated and disciplined.”

Alumni employees also enjoysimply sharing life with the stu-dents.

“I was an Adel as a student,”Vice President for OperationsTom Gregg ’80 said. “And thingswere different in those days. Ialways wondered what God hadin store for me while I was there.Now, I have the honor of beingthe adviser for the group.”

Reason Two: Sense of callingDirector of Career Services

James Thrasher ’80 believes Godcalled him to work at the College.

“As a student, I came to knowChrist in a class similar toBiblical Revelation,” Thrashersaid. “Now, I get to teach thatsame class to students and, hope-fully, be used by God as a vesselto help students deepen or devel-op a relationship with Christ.”

In the case of Dr. Jennifer Scott’99, chair of the communicationsstudies department, the Collegeprovides fulfillment for her pro-fessional callings.

“I am able to fulfill my person-al mission to equip, mentor andencourage Christian students asthey engage in the world,” Scottsaid.

Patricia Tinkey ’75, professorof modern languages, agreed. Shesaid, “I feel blessed to have founda place where my passion – inte-grating faith into foreign language– can merge to fit my clientele.”

Jewell, also longtimePittsburgh lawyer and formerCollege trustee, understands hisinvolvement in the College to bepart of both his personal and pro-fessional calling.

“In some ways, I never left; myheart never left,” Jewell said. “Ihad the unique opportunity tomake my avocation my vocation.I call myself the chef in charge ofthe recipe [meaning the College’shistoric moral and business oper-ating principles].

“While I get to add new ingre-dients, it is always important tomaintain the recipe,” he said.“The position of President is theopportunity of my lifetime.”

Reason One: the College’smission

Alumni employees have had theadvantage of experiencing theCollege’s mission as students.

“What I experienced here as astudent radically changed me,”Admissions Counselor StephenJohnson ’06 said. “So I reallybelieve in the mission, values,founding and Christian faith ofthe College.”

In the case of Todd Gibson ’02,assistant football coach, theCollege’s mission encouragesprofessional excellence.

“I believe wholeheartedly inwhat the College stands for butalso what our football programstands for. I don’t think I couldcoach college football anywhereelse and do as good of a job,”Gibson said.

Director of Financial AidThomas Ball ’88 attributes thecollege’s identity to its success inattracting alumni employees.

“The mission statement is astatement of identity – it stateswho we were, who we are, andwho we will remain,” Ball said.“When so many other collegesare trying to be the ‘flavor of themonth,’ Grove City College staystrue to its mission and itsfounders.”

While the reason alumniemployees decide to return totheir alma mater varies, allagree that doing so is a uniqueexperience.

Courtesy Grove City CollegeAlumni who have returned to the College gather together in Crawford Hall.

By Anna WoodLife Co-Editor

As the professor for Atoms andMolecules, the general educationchemistry course, and the safetyand environmental manager forGrove City College, SusanGrimm may seem to have a fairlystraightforward background. Butthis soft-spoken, humble womanhas a history of twists, turns andadventures that would make anyadventurer proud.

While Grimm received herbachelor’s degree in environmen-tal science from Slippery RockUniversity in 1988, finding herpassion for the sciences took along time in coming.

“I did not have direction,”Grimm said, commenting on hercollege career. “I changed mymajor several times.”

Despite switching from educa-tion to business, Grimm foundherself unsatisfied.

“I would have been happy tohave been a full-time student,”she said. “I crave learning.”

One teacher in particular wasinstrumental in helping her to real-ize her passion for the sciences.

“His lectures just captured me,”Grimm said. “All of a sudden, thescience I had been so afraid of inhigh school was exciting.”

As a woman in a predominant-ly male program, Grimm facedmany challenges, but she hadnothing negative to say about herexperience.

“[Slippery Rock has] a veryhigh-end faculty program …There were wonderful professorswho inspire and still inspire,” shesaid. “They taught me lessons Istill keep with me today.”

Although she had found hercalling in environmental science,Grimm still had quite a lot ofground to cover before gradua-tion when she switched to thatmajor at the beginning of her jun-ior year. Going full-time withsummer sessions and 21-creditsemesters, she managed to gradu-ate in two years – even takingboth halves of organic chemistryat the same time.

After graduation, Grimm still feltas though she did not have direc-tion, but the consulting industrywas just taking off. This opened upmany opportunities for her.

Grimm spent two months inEurope, traveling to 10 differentcountries where she worked forU.S. Department of Defenseschools on military bases as aconsultant.

Europe was not the only excit-ing destination she was able toexplore. She has also been toHawaii, Puerto Rico andBermuda. Her most recent expe-dition took her to the Middle-Eastern country of Oman, whereshe helped in the construction ofa national monument.

“Working in Oman was thepinnacle of my career,” Grimm

said. “I was a woman without aburqa in the Middle East, work-ing as a consultant for the sultan.We were turning a straight shoreline into a Fibonacci curve. Itwas really cool.”

Grimm also dispelled thestereotypes of constant civilunrest in the Middle East, prais-ing Oman’s security.

“It was so safe, so beautiful,”she said. “There was very little tono crime.”

Many of these opportunitieswere a result of Grimm’s positionwith Michael Baker, a consultingcompany whom she worked withfor 17 years. She was also able toobtain her master’s degree inenvironmental science and man-agement from DuquesneUniversity, graduating from theprogram in 1998.

With so many places to go,however, she was not able to bewith her family as much as shewould have liked. Three yearsago, Grimm decided she wouldmove back home to Volant, Pa.,for good. The College then hiredher as the safety and environmen-tal manager, a job that allows herto meet everyone’s safety needsacross campus.

After a semester though,Grimm realized things didn’tmove quite fast enough with onlyone job.

“I truly missed the sciences ter-ribly,” she said. “I talked to Dr.Homan, and he gave me theopportunity to teach Baby Chem.I’ve taught for five semesters.”

Her passion for teaching thesciences and serving the studentsis very evident.

“I want students to come to myoffice and know that I’m going tohelp them. If they’re having trou-ble, I sit down and find out howit is they learn,” she said.

Grimm’s goal in teachingchemistry is to show non-sciencemajors that it’s not a scary sub-ject and to help them understandthe big picture.

“[The students] are the reason Ilove my job,” she said.

Anna WoodSusan Grimm

Chemistry prof fillstwo positions

Life 13The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Student travels Tanzania on two wheelsBy Ryan LesserCollegian Writer

In the United States, hundredsof thousands of cars, buses andbikes pass by millions of chil-dren every day without drawingany attention. Yet senior ShaneMurphy fondly remembers thetimes in Tanzania when hisarrival by motorcycle broughtchildren running to crowdaround him, cheering and yellingin celebration. In Tanzania, suchevents became worthy of remem-brance.

Murphy spent almost threemonths this summer in Tanzania,delivering much-needed microfi-nance loans. Not only that, but hecarried out this task on a late1990s Yamaha motorcycle. Hemade his way on roads often trav-elled, both paved and dirt, as wellas on roads so rugged and incon-sistent that those who chose totake them were subject to bumps,bruises, and the occasional crash.

Murphy distinctly remembersspeeding down a mountainsideand rounding a bend, only to finda road that became a small, sin-gle-lane path with no guardrail onthe edge of a cliff.

Before he left the U.S., peoplefrequently asked Murphy ques-tions such as, “Won’t that be dan-gerous?” and “Is it really safeover there?” These questionsstuck in Murphy’s mind and rat-tled his spirit during the weeks

and days leading up to his depar-ture.

Tanzania is an Islamic nationlocated in East Africa, and Africais often stereotyped as a danger-ous place. At times, Murphy feltuncomfortable at the sight ofguards armed with machetes andsoldiers walking around with AK-47s dangling from their shoulders.

“Although I would not wishupon anyone the lonely nights orthe heartaches prompted by sightsof malnourishment and completedesperation, this summer changedmy life,” Murphy said.

After returning for the secondsemester of his junior year,Murphy decided that he wanted todo something different over theupcoming summer.

Murphy had already spent anentire summer in Papua NewGuinea and had traveled throughEurope and and the nation ofMorocco for an entire semester.As a business finance major andfirm believer in the concept ofmicrofinance, Murphy decided topursue some sort of microfinanceopportunity abroad.

Microfinance was developed sothat the less privileged could takeout loans and pursue entrepre-neurial ventures on a small scale.

Murphy spent the months ofJanuary and February e-mailingover 200 chief executive officersof microfinance organizationsthroughout Latin America, Africa,India and Nepal. His work began

to pay off. Within a few weeks,he began getting responses to hise-mails.

By the end of March, Murphyhad received some 70 responsesvia e-mail from CEOs around theworld. As he filtered throughthese responses, and narrowed hischoices by setting limitationsregarding both the opportunityand the location, he found twoopportunities in line with his ini-tial intentions: one in India andanother in Tanzania.

The 16 days he had spent inMorocco had filled Murphy witha desire to see and taste more ofAfrica. Murphy also liked theallure of the position itself: deliv-ering microloans throughout EastAfrica by motorcycle.

In the end, Murphy choseTanzania. Though filled with dan-gers and trials, and lonelier thanhe had imagined, his summeraffirmed some of his deepestdesires to help those less fortu-nate than himself by using his

gifts, mind and talents.Although riding around on a

motorcycle carrying generoussums of money in a land knownfor bandits is not every Americancollege student’s dream vacation,for Murphy, it was yet anotherstep on his path towards findinghis purpose.

“This summer helped shape meinto a more educated ... and cul-tured individual than I was before… and that is exactly what Iwished for,” Murphy said.

Courtesy Shane MurphyNews of senior Shane Murphy’s arrival brought crowds of Tanzanian children to greet him.

Finance major expands horizons in AfricaBy Alexandra SmithCollegian Writer

Senior finance major BlakeCurle burst from the Grove CityCollege bubble this summer byserving as a Red BoxMissionary in Johannesburg andPretoria, South Africa for eightweeks.

“It was not too long, but itdidn’t feel like a short-termmission either,” he said. “Iguess you could say it was justright.”

His time in Pretoria was spentplaying soccer with an organi-zation called Ambassadors inSport and finding out just howimportant the soccer ministrywas to the church in SouthAfrica’s capital city. He playedwith kids and adults and wasgrateful that he could hold hisown in a game.

Although Curle chose not toplay varsity soccer at theCollege, he did play in highschool and is active in the intra-mural league. He said that hisskill was on par with or betterthan some of the co-eds heplayed in Pretoria.

Most of the kids that Curlecoached spoke limited Englishor no English at all, but the lan-guage barrier did not create aproblem.

“There are 13 national lan-

guages in South Africa,” Curlesaid, “So, there were translatorsthere.”

While in South Africa’slargest city, Johannesburg,Curle focused on a whole dif-ferent style of ministry. As afinance major, Curle gainedexperience in microcredit andbusiness. He worked with fourAmericans who had prior expe-rience in the business field, butlike Curle, it was their first timeworking in South Africa.

These four men planned towork in the country for threeyears, and Curle was able to

learn from them while glorify-ing God through the field ofmicrocredit.

Curle’s responsibilities involvedfinding entrepreneurs who had abusiness that needed some help.Curle and his group gave theentrepreneurs a microloan andbusiness training to help themexpand their business.

“I really discovered a passionfor microcredit … My businessskills can be applied to reallyhelping people who need help,”Curle said.

Since returning to the U.S,Curle said that he has a new

awareness of things outside ofthe U.S and Grove City. He wasable to witness the internationalchurch. There is a new chal-lenge in his mind.

“There are more than just thepeople here [that need witness].There is a vibrant church bodyin South Africa,” Curle said.

One of Curle’s best memoriesof his experience was hisopportunity to do prison min-istry with a group of inmateswho had been working withAmbassadors in Sport. Curlewas able to play soccer withthe men and hear some of their

stories.“You could just see the

change in their lives,” Curlesaid.

After soccer, the men hadworship time. Curle tried toexplain how enthusiastic themen were. He said that eventhough he understood littleofwhat was going in, he knewthat people were acceptingChrist.

Another memorable experi-ence took place while watchinga European Cup soccer game. Alarge church of 7,000 invited asmall, impoverished churchdown the street to watch thesoccer game on their campus.

Following the game, a localsoccer player spoke to thecrowd of a few hundred.

“Again, I didn’t understandanything that he was saying buthe did a prayer of acceptance andso many were accepting Christenthusiastically,” Curle said.

Although he has no immedi-ate plans to return to SouthAfrica, Curle would like to stayin contact with the people there.He has a goal of becoming aleader and to continue in thisfield of microcredit.

“I liked writing businessplans. I want to tell people whatI’ve learned; business majorsshould learn microcredit,” Curlesaid.

Courtesy Blake CurleSenior Blake Curle plays with school children in South Africa.

Life14 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Red Box missionary faces challengesBy Ellie HaizlettCollegian Writer

Few people open spiritual con-versations with stories about liv-ing through a military coup. ForChris Daggett, however, a coup,among other unexpected chal-lenges, became a part of his testi-mony this past summer.

Daggett, a senior mechanicalengineer from Massachusetts,spent June 5 through July 3 inHonduras on a Red Box mission.

Last spring, Daggett decided togo to Honduras through theencouragement of Dr. DonRumbagh, father of two GroveCity College graduates and cur-rent sophomore AmandaRumbagh. For the first twoweeks, Daggett visited Belfate,where he assisted Rumbagh’sschool ministry.

Daggett joined other studentsfrom the College – seniorsLauren Zientek, NatalieYoungquist and Liz Pinero – whoalso served in Honduras thissummer. They traveled to variousschools and taught the children toplay the guitar and piano usingChristian songs that Rumbaghcreated.

Also in Belfate, Daggett stayedat the home of Lisa Bradley, asingle mother and administratorat the Hospital Loma De Luz. Heworked on her house and assist-ed Bradley in her ministry. Whileworking, he also interacted withthe kids in the neighborhood,which Daggett described as a“gorgeous” town on theCaribbean.

As Bradley’s assistant, Daggettlearned how to better serve thoseworking in the mission field.

“I learned a lot about short-term missions through trying tobe an encouragement to the mis-

sionaries rather than taking overtheir ministry. I learned that inshort-term missions, you go andenable a missionary to do more.That was my goal entering thetrip,” Daggett said.

After spending two weeks inBelfate, Daggett traveled toPuerto Lempira, Honduras, homeof the indigenous Moskito peo-ple. Due to Puerto Lempira’sbarren and remote location, fly-ing or boating were the onlyways to access the region, whichacts as a stopping ground forColumbians traveling to theUnited States.

Daggett spent the followingtwo weeks at an orphanage withabout 30 children. He taughtEnglish to a Honduran mission-

ary named Girselia for about anhour a day, and he lived andplayed with the boys.

With only high-school-levelSpanish skills, Daggett also triedto teach a visiting Canadian mis-sionary, Tara, enough Spanish sothat she could communicate withGirselia.

Within the first couple of daysat the orphanage, Daggett experi-enced intense loneliness. Few ofthe missionaries he worked withdesired spiritual accountabilitywith one another, so Daggettspent much of his time alonewith God.

“God said, ‘You may be lonely,but I’m still present. I’ll get youthrough it,’” Daggett said.

He often sat on the porch for

four to five hours a day readingaloud from his Bible or praying.

“During that time, God showedme issues that weren’t directlyrelated to Red Box. Taking twoweeks to be in the Word all thetime was something that I hadneeded to do my entire life,”Daggett said.

As Daggett’s stay continued, hedeveloped a friendship withGriselia, and they began toencourage each other spiritually.Once Tara started to learn moreSpanish, she also acted as afriend to Griselia, and the twobegan to spend more timetogether.

“It’s cool to see how Godworks. Even though I felt use-less, I saw that God used thatone- to two-hour lesson a day,”said Daggett.

Life at the orphanage chal-lenged Daggett not only spiritu-ally, but physically as well. Heaveraged about five hours ofsleep a night because of bunkingin the same quarters as the boys,whom he described as “unruly.”

He ate a steady diet of riceand beans, bathed with bucketsof cold water and had noInternet or phone access.Throughout his stay at PuertoLempira, Daggett was temptedto return to comfortable Belfate.

“I evaluated whether or not tostay one day at a time. It washard for me to see the purpose ofbeing there. In the end, however,I realized how much of my staybenefitted Griselia and me,” saidDaggett.

Near the end of his two-weekstay in Puerto Lempira, politicaltensions heightened, placingDaggett’s safety at risk. A mili-tary coup forcefully removedHonduran President ManuelZelaya from power, and protes-tors opposing his dictatorship

flooded parts of the country. Daggett fled Puerto Lempira

and dodged riots on his way toBelfate. The next day Daggettreturned home, but he knew hismission trip was not over.

Daggett’s close friend, Pete,had been reading Daggett’s blogand questioning his beliefs.Upon his arrival, Daggett sur-prised his friend by showing upat his doorstep. Daggett’s tripopened up doors for him to sharehis faith with Pete in a deeperway.

Daggett spent the remainder ofhis summer interning for anengineering company. He usedhis unique experience with thecoup to generate interest amonghis co-workers.

“The Lord used the coup storyto spur spiritual conversations,”Daggett said.

Though Daggett had notplanned for a shortened trip, hewas content with his summerexperience.

“Overall, I had a neat but hardsummer. I would have loved tohave stayed in Honduras, but itwas great to come home, aswell,” Daggett said.

In addition, Daggett gained abetter understanding of his call-ing and grew in confidence overhis choice to study engineering.

“I came into the trip wonder-ing, ‘Am I called to missions?’Now, I am able to walk back tomy engineering major and won-der, ‘How can I make this mymission?’” Daggett said.

Daggett hopes that his fellowstudents will likewise feel free-dom and a sense of mission intheir choices of study.

“As college students, a lot ofus are asking, ‘What is our mis-sion?’ and it’s important tounderstand that God can use youin any field,” Daggett said.

Courtesy Chris DaggettSeniors Chris Daggett and Natalie Youngquist reading with villagers in Belfate, Honduras.

Courtesy Chris DaggettVillage children gather for Vacation Bible School.

Loneliness, political coup bring realization of God’s goodness

Life 15The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

By Elisabeth EvanCollegian Writer

On the coast of the North Sea,down the cobblestone streets andpast the numerous gray fields andstone homes of times gone by, sitsthe Scottish town of St. Andrews.The homes, often boasting color-ful doors, are interspersed withsmall alleys for shortcuts betweenstreets. Walking a block to thegrocery store, one may hear everysort of English accent that exists,as well as a host of foreign lan-guages. This picture-perfect townis the place where Sarah Beyer’09 is proud to call home for thenext year.

Beyer is attending graduateschool, called “post-graduateschool” in Scotland, at theUniversity of St. Andrews in thetown of the same name. St.Andrews is roughly an hournorth of Edinburgh on the coastof the North Sea. It is the birth-place of golf, as well as thealma mater of both John Knox,founder of the PresbyterianChurch, and Prince William.

First-year students generally livein dorms, similar to Americaninstitutions, but most undergradsand post-grads live in private oruniversity-owned flats or apart-ments, such as the one in whichBeyer lives. The apartments arerow houses divided into flats, orare situated above shops.

Adjustingto a newculture mayprove diffi-cult formany, butnot Beyer.

“It isn’ttoo difficultadjusting tolife here,”she said,“since Iunderstand the language anddon’t have to deal with drivingin a town where there is nopoint having a car. Some of theslang will take getting used to,but the most differences I seeare in the school.”

Beyer chose to study inScotland for several reasons.

“It has very prestigious universi-ties without prestigious attitudes,”Beyer said. “I didn’t have to learna new language to come here, butit is still a very international expe-rience.”

She said that everything isextremely laid back, and the stu-dents are responsible for gettingthings figured out themselves.These adventures can range from“finding where in the world yourprofessor’s office is in a maze ofancient buildings” to discoveringwhat “matriculation” requires.

Beyer said that in some ways St.Andrews is not that different fromGrove City College.

“The students really try to getinvolved in the school, and thereis always some activity going onso that the students don’t have togo searching for fun in Edinburghor Dundee,” she said.

The schools also have their dif-ferences. The teaching style isvery different, with small lecturesand a lot of one-on-one time withprofessors. With about 9,000 stu-dents, Beyer says that the studentbody doubles the town’s popula-tion when term time arrives.

Before the start of classes,Beyer enjoyed what is called“freshers week.” It is similar toorientation, except that nearly theentire school comes back formany different events, especiallypub crawls. Beyer has been meet-ing with advisers, getting “matric-

ulated,” or enrolled, and meetingother post-grads.

Beyer has a good idea of whather days will be like. Classes tendto be later at St. Andrews becauseof the laid-back style and becauseit’s only light outside from 9 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. in the winter.

After class she expects to “do alot of reading and hanging outwith people around town.” Beyeris studying social anthropologyand expects her homework to bevery interesting.

Students from all over the globeattend St. Andrews. Beyer said thatthere are many Americans at post-grad level because “the tuition ismuch cheaper than at a lot of goodAmerican universities.”

She has already met peoplefrom China, India, Ireland,

Estonia, Canada, Italy, the CzechRepublic, England, Scotland andGermany to name a few.

Beyer has not had many particu-larly interesting experiences yet,but is looking forward to a few,including swimming in the NorthSea. She recently went to a“ceilidh,” which is the equivalentof a square dance set to Celticmusic. Locals, professors and stu-dents alike enjoy ceilidhs.

One of the cobblestone side-walks proclaims the letters “PH.”They mark the spot where PatrickHamilton was martyred. Traditionsays that if you step on the letters,you are cursed.

“I already stepped on themthis morning, accidentally,”Beyer said.

She shared some words of wis-dom for those considering gradschool or studying abroad acrossthe pond.

“I would just be sure to reallylook into it before you commit,”she said. “U.K. universities do notwalk you by the hand, and [they]really expect you to do most ofthe work.”

She added, “Be patient, be niceand always remember that your‘surname’ is your first nameeverywhere else in the world.”

Beyer does not know what sheplans to do after this year buthopes it will involve working in amuseum or doing some work incross-cultural communication.

2009 graduate pursues degree in Scotland

Students excel in Great Pierogi RaceBy Laura IbachCollegian Contributing Writer

Everyone who has ever lived inPittsburgh or visited the Steel Cityknows what a pierogi tastes like, butvery few can tell you what it’s like toactually be a pierogi.

During the summer, two currentGrove City College students, seniorsAmanda Thompson and Tyler Mills, hadthe opportunity to dress up as pierogiesand run “The Great Perogi Race” atPNC Park.

The weekend before Labor Day,Thompson and Mills heard from theirfriend Drew Snyder ’09, that thePittsburgh Pirates needed extra workersto dress up in pierogi costumes and racearound the bases at one of the homebaseball games. Snyder works as one ofthe regular pierogies at the Piratesgames, so when he let Thompson andMills know about the opportunity, theyjumped at the chance to help out thebaseball franchise.

The Great Pierogi Race has been a tra-dition at Pirates games since 1999.Between innings, the pierogies take tothe field as the race is announced to thefans. There are four pierogies in all:Jalapeno Hannah, Cheese Chester,Sauerkraut Saul and Oliver Onion. Asthe race begins, the pierogies run thebases and finish at home plate.Whichever pierogi makes it to home

plate first wins the race and all thepierogi glory.

Thompson had the chance to play thepart of Cheese Chester, while Millsdonned the outfit of Sauerkraut Saul,and Snyder dressed as Oliver Onion.Mills won the race with a time of 33seconds, impressive for running inside agiant costume in front of thousands offans in the summer heat.

“It was hot, very hot, inside those cos-tumes,” Thompson said. Mills added thatit was also extremely hard to see.

Thompson, who finished in last place,

said, “As long as you don’t think abouthaving huge foam feet, it’s easy to run inthe costumes.”

Mills, who runs track for the College,used his experience as a runner to helphim win the race.

“I treated the race like a state trackchampionship race,” he said. “I pumpedmy arms and hugged all the inside cor-ners and didn’t slow down until I waspast the finish line.”

His determination paid off; even theexperienced pierogies were impressedwith his time.

Although there was no monetary pay-ment for their job as pierogies, bothreceived four tickets to that day’sPirates game, as well as snacks after therace.

“I would do it again,” Thompson saidwith a smile, looking back fondly on thememories from the day at PNC Park.

Both Thompson and Mills agreed thatthe most enjoyable part of the wholeexperience was meeting with fans afterthe game. Although one fan yelled atThompson, “Chester, you suck!” aftershe lost the race, most of the fans werevery supportive. The younger childrenwere especially excited to meet thepierogies and to get their autographs.

One young fan gave Thompson somewords of encouragement as he looked upand said, “It’s all right, Chester. You’lldo better next time.”

Mills often found children hugginghim when he didn’t realize it because thevisibility from the inside of the costumeswas only eye-level. He also appreciatedthe words of the younger fans, onetelling him, “I love you, Saul.”

Thompson had a closing word ofadvice though to anyone planning onvisiting PNC Park to watch a Piratesgame: “You have to eat PrimantiBrothers sandwiches when you go!”

After all of the talk about pierogies,Thompson still is not sick of pierogies,regardless of the flavor, although she ispartial to Chester Cheese.

Courtesy Amanda Thompson and Tyler MillsDressed as pierogies, seniors Amanda Thompson and Tyler Mills raced each otherin between innings at a Pirates game.

NothingWavering.orgAn old stone building on the campus of the University of SaintAndrews.

‘I treated the race like a state track championship’

Sarah Beyer ’09

Life16 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Homecoming Week events

Kevin HanseRepresentatives of the senior and junior women faced off in a Powder Puff flag foot-ball game Monday night. Here the class of 2010, ahead by 14 points, takes a time outwith senior team coach Jonathan Coopersmith.

Kevin HanseThe classes of ’10 and ’11 face off in the Powder Puff game.

Kevin HanseWindows in the Breen Student Union advertisedhomecoming week events, among them the Java Jam. Kevin Hanse

The Java Jam took place Tuesday night in Ketler Rec and featured coffee, desserts and live music.

Kevin HanseSenior Kevin Etzler rocks out with a jazz band at the Java Jam.

Kevin HansePerformance styles at the Java Jam included acoustic folk, swing jazz and rock.

Life 17The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

spice up campus life

Andy DrabicSenior quarterback Andrew DiDonato readies for apass at Saturday night’s varsity football game againstWashington & Jefferson College.

Andy DrabicSeniors Leslie Hardeman, Christianna Dawson, Emily Vaccaro and Stephanie Carroll turned outSaturday night in homemade T-shirts to cheer on their friend, senior Emily Greider. Greider is co-captain of the marquette squad for the Grove City College Wolverine Marching Band.

Kevin HanseJuniors Freddy Adams, David Janssen, Seth Lapic and Jordan Koscheiget in touch with their feminine side as cheerleaders for the junior teamat Monday night’s Powder Puff women’s football game.

Andy DrabicThe color guard of the Wolverine Marching Band presents the American flag at thebeginning of Saturday night’s football game against Washington & Jefferson College.

Andy DrabicSpirits were high at the night game despite a 10-28 loss to Washington & Jefferson, and the evening closed with fireworks over Rainbow Bridge.

Life18 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

South MAP rich in history, beautyCloser look at antique building uncovers a wealth of detail

By Amanda MartinCollegian Life Editor

The south side of MaryAnderson Pew Residence Hallboasts many beautiful andintriguing sights: the signs of thezodiac engraved in stone aboveits main entrance, heraldicdevices molded around the ceil-ing’s rim and a staircase that spi-rals with such elegant grace thatit seems to hang in the air. Suchdetails draw students and alumnito South MAP to study or toadmire its splendor.

MAP is named after the wife ofJoseph Newton Pew, whom hemarried in the 1870s. The firstpresident of Grove City College’sBoard of Trustees, Pew played animportant role in the foundationalyears of the College until hisdeath in 1912.

Both the Pews took theirresponsibility as parents serious-ly, raising their children to appre-ciate the value of education.Their second son, Howard Pew,would go on to serve as presidentof the Board of Trustees from1931 until his death in 1971.

Mary Pew passed away in1935, and South MAP was com-pleted soon after in 1937. MAPwas extended in later years as theneed grew for additionalwomen’s housing. Most recently,the College renovated the frontand back of the South Terrace insummer 2008, adding new patios,sitting areas and steadily-flowingfountains. Now, the sound offalling water can be heard dayand night from South Lobby andthe dorm rooms nearby. Over thissummer, the College added patiotables with umbrellas, which facethe upper quad.

The residences in South arecomposed of upperclassmansuites complete with private bath-rooms, many of which were reno-

vated this past summer.Junior Jeni Gearhart is enjoy-

ing her transition from MaryEthel Pew Hall to South. “It’snice to have more room, [whichmeans room for] a couch!” shesaid.

Junior Mary Rimi said that therooms are brighter than those inWest MAP, due to their whitelinoleum floors and white-paintedwalls. Her room also has a goodview.

“We can see the chapel and thesunset over the chapel in thetrees,” Rimi said.

Another advantage to living inSouth is the close proximity ofthe dorms to South lobby.

Joyce “J.J.” Joyce, the informa-tion receptionist in South, hasworked at the College for 21years. During this time, she’s wit-nessed many ecstatic reactions tothe lobby.

“People come in, and theyadmire the craftsmanship of thewoodwork,” she said, adding thatthe women’s bathroom alsodraws a lot of comment. Paintedblack and green, it is unlike any-thing most people have seenbefore.

Not only have alumni donatedmuch of the furniture in Southlobby, but also they have gainedinspiration from the lobby’s beau-ty. Joyce said that one womanbased a quilt design on the tiledpattern on the lobby’s floor.

The floor of the lobby is setwith the College’s coat of arms,and heraldic symbols ring theroom’s ceiling: a castle embossedon a shield, a symbol possiblysignifying a portcullis, a fleur delis and other floral designs. Thesame symbols can be found inKetler Hall, rimming the ceilingof the Oak Room. In traditionalheraldry, castles and portcullisesrepresent safety and protection.

One of South Lobby’s most

striking features is the “princessstaircase”– a curved stair of sub-dued green and black that leadsfrom the second floor of South tothe ground floor. The heavylantern above and the stained-glass behind the staircase add toits grandeur.

“You don’t see staircases likethat anymore,” Joyce said.“Everyone … takes a picture ofit.”

Rimi said that walking downthe princess stairs improves eventhe worst mornings.

Senior Rachel Nelson, a tourguide at the College, always tellsprospective students how manywomen like to pose for photo-graphs on the staircase beforegoing to a dance.

Many alumni are delighted bythe sight of the buzzer boardplaced in the receptionist’s room.Each button on the board corre-sponds to a separate dorm room.In years past, when a male visitorarrived, the receptionist wouldpush the button once to summonone of the room’s two occupants,twice to summon the second.

At one point, the College con-sidered replacing the board witha window so that the receptionistcould see more of the lobby. Butsuch ideas were quickly dis-pelled.

“The alumni will have a fit ifthey come here and [the board’s]gone!” Joyce said.

Other alumni know to look pastthe obvious to find other details.One visitor to the College point-ed out that the bricks of eachwomen’s residence hall are laiddifferently; each row of MAP’sbricks alternates long and short,the bricks of Harker alternatelong and short only on everysixth row and the bricks of MaryEthel Pew do not alternate at all.

Another visitor examined thelarge wooden benches in SouthLobby – benches most likelyoriginal to the building – and

announced that they were hand-carved. He said that he could tellby looking closely to see theslight unevenness in the details.

“Oh,” Joyce told him, “the onlything we look for is dirt.”

A small library to the side ofthe lobby provides students withaccess to old yearbooks and clas-sic works. Its beautifully paneledwooden ceiling gives the room acozy feel.

Across from the library lies theexquisite dining room whereCollege President Dr. RichardJewell eats with visitors.According to Joyce, the roomused to contain an extensive col-lection of blue glass. Now, only afew pieces remain in the corner –the rest are on display in thePresident’s House.

South Dining Hall fallsbetween the library and the din-ing room. Until 1972, men ate inHicks, while women ate in SouthDining Hall, where their mealswere served by male students.Today, South Dining Hall is used

for such programs and events asDessert Theater, weekly languagetables and the monthly “FreedomReaders” economics lectures.

For those interested in food,fun or both, South includes theroom called “Joann’s,” alsoknown as South Rec, which pro-vides entertainment in the formof a juke box, ping-pong tableand television, as well as facili-ties for cooking.

Perhaps South’s homiest roomis its laundry room, where stu-dents can sit and do homework tothe slosh of washing machinesand the muffled sound of tumble-drying. Tea and hot chocolatemix is provided, as well as studytables and benches.

Although various Bible studygroups and organizations such asThe Echo literary magazine regu-larly meet in South Lobby, indi-vidual students come to the lobbyfor quiet study.

“It’s really quite glorious,”Rimi said. “It’s like my own pri-vate mansion.”

Amanda MartinBoth students and alumni come to South Lobby to bask in its old-fashioned elegance.

Amanda MartinThe curved design of South MAP’s famous princess staircaselends a graceful touch to the entire lobby.

In Chapel this weekSunday (HomecomingWorship) 10:30 a.m.The Rev. Harvey Johnson ‘59,Executive Presbyter Emeritus,Lehigh Presbytery

TuesdayCareer Fair 2009 Speaker, ToddSnitchler ‘92, J.D., state rep.,50th District, Ohio; SnitchlerLaw Firm, Uniontown, Ohio

ThursdayJulia Duin, religion writer,assistant national editor, “TheWashington Times”

Thursday (AlternativeChapel)7 p.m. Crawford AuditoriumJulia Duin

By Sean MorrisCollegian Writer

So, as I was smoking a cigar,munching my Twinkie and drink-ing two liters of Coca-Cola whilelazily driving to the Hall of Artsand Letters from lower campus, Ipondered for a moment all that Ilearned in my freshman year ofFit/Well.

Oh wait.It has been nearly two years

since I went through that physicalfitness indoctrination processrequired of every Grove CityCollege freshman, yet the generalthoughts of disdain and outrightrebellion still resound grandly inmy ears.

Though the faculty at that timedidn’t require us to sing praisesongs to the food pyramid theway today’s public schoolsrequire children to sings hymns toPresident Obama, I wonder if mypontificating will convince any-one that real indoctrination wasgoing on.

The question that begs to beasked is whether there is anythinginherently wrong with beinghealthy, fit or in general goodshape. Certainly not.

Indeed, we are meant to begood stewards of the bodies thatGod has given us.

In fact, I imagine that those whoharbor complete disregard forcontext when citing Scripturecould even stretch the meaning of1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – “Or doyou not know that your body is atemple of the Holy Spirit withinyou, whom you have from God?You are not your own, for youwere bought with a price. So glo-rify God in your body” – to meanthat God calls us to a regular habitof diet and exercise.

I suppose that there were somenuggets of wisdom or insight that Iwas able to glean from the whole

ordeal. For instance, in completing the

one week of assigned structuredand documented eating patterns(which vaguely resembled aWeight Watchers point system), Irealized that in all the vastness ofoptions in Hicks Café, I was per-mitted to eat bread, a GrannySmith apple, hummus and water.Yum.

Almost as good as that organicThanksgiving dinner I attended inBoston, complete with homemadesparkling water and tofu turkey.

Pasta? Too many carbs. Saladdressing? Too much cholesterol.Milk? Too much cow.

I guess there’s always orangejuice … except for the fact thatmost oranges come from Florida,where all the inactive, overweight,retired folk reside, and thus, bythe transitive property, unless Isqueeze my own orange juiceinside the weight room, I too willget fat, have a heart attack anddie.

Duly noted. Don’t retire toFlorida.

Also, I did appreciate the factthat I didn’t really have to getdressed and presentable by 8 a.m.Considering the fact that, as afreshman, I impulsively stayed uppast 2 a.m. every night (and havenever, ever, no not once, everdone so since), it was quite pleas-ant to roll out of bed at 7:50 a.m.,throw on the required uniform andtrudge off to the PhysicalLearning Center for the latestround of the wild, wacky, wonder-ful world of Walk/Jog/Run.

Beyond that, I’m inclined tobelieve that those of us who reallydo value the stewardship of ourmortal God-given bodies will –out of discipline and personalmotivation – take the time to par-take in a healthy exercise regimen.

I mean, it’s all well and goodthat the College is getting usaccustomed to the fact that, whenwe leave these hallowed grounds,those in authority will brood overus and require us to participate in aregular fitness regimen for the restof our earthly days.

Oh wait.For the rest of us who are too

busy saving the world to find timeto work out, we can just go with-out eating – a habit which constantstudying and part-time heroismlends itself to. Besides, fasting is aspiritual practice, isn’t it?Hopefully, it’s a quick one.

Life 19The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

He said, she saidWhat are the lessons that Fit/Well taught us?

By Abigail MarschCollegian Contributing Writer

So I was gadding about in thePhysical Learning Center’s aero-bics room one afternoon lastweek when it hit me: if itweren’t for Fit/Well, I’d proba-bly never have started workingout regularly.

If I hadn’t started working outregularly freshman year, I’dnever have lost 17 pounds. If I’dnever lost 17 pounds, I’d still besingle.

I am still single. Therefore,Fit/Well has no effect on one’sromantic life.

But in all seriousness – weadvocate seriousness at all times,my colleague and I – I’ve decid-ed to give the oh-so-rigorous andmandatory Fit/Well regimen its

due credit. Granted, I’d never have taken

the class if given a choice; get-ting a permanent grade slappedon my grade point average fromwhat is, essentially, a glorifiedP.E. class is not my idea of aroaring good time.

It did, however, cultivate fresh-man camaraderie and empathy.Sweating away in pain with agroup of other hapless peoplebrings you all closer.

Perhaps this is what those inauthority intend.

It also fosters cynicism,encourages the development of asharp wit and promotes crafti-ness. Translated, this means welearned how to shirk as much aspossible, to not get caught and togiggle inanely about it.

I’m going to confess some-thing here. I didn’t mindFit/Well.

In fact, I kind of liked it in abizarre, masochistic sort of way.I could take or leave the lectures,but I liked the labs.

My favorite was circuit train-ing, though those classes in aero-bics with Patrick and his largeexercise balls will remain in mymemory as some of the most dis-turbing and delightful times ofmy life. Does anybody elseremember Patrick?

I hear that circuit training is

unpleasant for men. A horrorstory about recently-consumedbreakfasts mysteriously reap-pearing is only one of the manytales I’ve been told.

Despite this, I liked the idea ofcircuit training, and I liked thewomen’s circuit training coach; Idon’t think she got any particularpleasure from seeing us in pain.

In addition, it is a fact thatvariety is the spice of life: Iwould much rather heave medi-cine balls about and weavethrough traffic cones than shufflearound the indoor track or liftweights.

I also like wandering aroundcemeteries in the dark, though,so take my declared preferenceswith more than a few grains ofsalt.

Freshmen, don’t despair. If youhate Fit/Well, then you can takecomfort in knowing you will bedone with it in less than ninemonths’ time.

If you are apathetic, I encour-age you to learn to appreciateFit/Well.

If you have a T-shirt that says,“Pain is weakness leaving thebody,” I’d like to give you a cupof tea and a hug.

Anyway, buck up and enjoy itas best you can; if you’re lucky,you too will lose an irrelevant17 pounds.

The Grover Shuffle By Caitlin Jenkins

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By Adrienne LiburdiCollegian Writer

They’re not just nerds and sin-gle guys any more. Gamers havecome into their own in the worldand are inviting anyone whowants to play to join them.Regardless of the “Legend ofZelda” commercial from the1980s, the stereotypes of gamersas skinny geeks with taped-together glasses have broken.

Owning a gaming console hasbecome a status symbol formany people; there is nothingshameful in owning a piece ofmachinery that can allow you toindirectly beat the snot out ofyour best friend. Anyone can bea gamer: guys, girls, college pro-fessors, even your grandfathercan enjoy the fruits of what thelatest technological advance-ments have to offer (he has aPlayStation 3 hidden underneaththe Farmer’s Almanacs in thebathroom).

It might be a little dauntingto enter the gaming scene ifyou’re brand new to the wholeidea of “Press ‘A!’ Press ‘A!’”– but most veteran players aregracious enough to let youlearn the rules as you go.

Despite all the fancy techni-cal jargon and complicated but-ton-mashing that you often seegoing on during gameplay, thereal point of gaming is to relax,enjoy and have fun.

Most of the gamer students atGrove City College have beenplaying video games since theywere young.

Junior Erik Singer said thathe started playing video games“as soon as he knew what theywere.”

The Super NintendoEntertainment System was acommon starting platform formost, while one student dis-tinctly remembers playinggames on a Commodore 64computer.

While there are many newgames being developed, playerswill occasionally go back andrelive their childhoods by play-ing older games such as “SuperMario Brothers” or “Metroid.”

“It’s kind of a shock to seehow much technology haschanged in the past ten years

alone,” junior Cara King said.“You start playing an old game,and you remember how youdidn’t need a lot of intensegraphics and orchestratedmusic to have fun with it.”

Often, gamers who want toplay their old favorites have todownload emulators becausethe games are so old that theysimply don’t work anymore,but the memories are worth it.

It was hard for those asked todecide on just one favoritegame to play because there areso many genres and consoles topick from. Most agreed, how-ever, that “Super SmashBrothers Brawl,” a four-playercrossover fighting game on the

Nintendo Wii, was “a universalconstant.”

“Brawl” allows for a playerto pick from 35 popular videogame heroes from Nintendo,Konami and Sega. The game’sobjective is to knock your oppo-nents’ characters off the screenas many times as you can. Youcan damage the other players byusing your character’s selectedmove set, or you may pick upone of the many battle itemsthat spawn during the matchand go to town on your room-mate who said that the additionof Sega’s Sonic character into“Brawl” was cheap.

The game is even fun forpeople who are just watchingthe action on-screen; there’ssomething poetic about watch-ing the Ice Climbers edge-guardagainst Captain Falcon whilePikachu is carried into oblivionby a giant gorilla wearing a tie.

Another favorite for co-opgameplay is “Left 4 Dead,” asurvival game that pits fourhuman players against an entirecity full of zombies. The title ispopular due to its teamwork-ori-ented gameplay and its cinema-style experience. The only wayto survive each stage of “L4D”is to stick with your buddies andfight off the hordes of yourinfected neighbors together.

Of course, if a player is feel-ing brave, he or she can alwaysjump out of the safe house aloneand try to sprint to the end of thelevel. This tactic, however, willmost likely get the player’s char-acter overwhelmed by swarms ofhungry undead, leaving saidplayer to ponder the meaning ofthe title of the game while histhree remaining teammatesdance off to safety, laughing intotheir sleeves as their foolishfriend is reduced to a leaky pieceof meat by the sheer maulingforce of over 9,000 zombies.

These are just two examples of

the many thousands of games onthe market today, which rangefrom the online role-playinggame “World of Warcraft” to“Halo” to “Nintendogs” – andeverything in between. Each ofthese games caters to specificaudiences, but they are notexclusive. Often, gamers willplay on many different platformsand games.

Unlike in the world of sports,there is little worry of “betray-ing” a favorite game franchise.

With roughly everyone andtheir mother in the video gamingscene, it stands to question: Justwhat is the attraction of thisnewfangled electronic media?

It seems that video gamesoffer the player a sense ofaccomplishment. Players enjoythe thrill of conquering and thechallenge of achieving victory.

“The escapism you feel whenyou imagine yourself in the fab-ricated world in which yourcharacter dwells is pretty pow-erful,” one student said. “For amoment, you can forget thatyou’ve still got studying to doand that you haven’t paid yourbills yet. You become the char-acter on the screen, and, sud-denly, you’re a part of some-thing huge and you can be thatsuperhero you always wanted tobe as a child.”

Most gamers agree, however,that the best part of gaming isbonding with the friends theyplay with, even if that “bond-ing” includes screaming in sheerterror as they flee from a mutat-ed Wesker in “Resident Evil 5.”

It’s the human connection invideogames that make theactivity so enjoyable. So, thenext time you see a group ofpeople engrossed in a gamewhere characters are lobbingsticky grenades at each other,go ahead and join in on the fun.

It might just bring out thehero in you.

Life20 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

New technology brings new adventuresGrove City College gamers battle zombies, each other

GameDaily.com“Super Smash Bros. Brawl” brings together characters from“Pokemon,” “The Legend of Zelda” and other games.

Guardian.co.ukFour characters resist a zombie apocalypse in the online survivalgame, “Left 4 Dead.”

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Entertainment 21The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

College hosts production of ‘Polarities’New play examines Robert Peary’s polar expedition

By Kacie McDougall Collegian Contributing Writer

Grove City College’s produc-tion of “Polarities: Honor andDishonor in the Arctic” exploredthe adventure and later controver-sy of Robert Peary’s polar expe-dition of 1908. Incorporating arti-facts such as diaries and photosfrom the Mercer CountyHistorical Society, the playopened on Sept. 24 and ranthrough Sept. 26.

The Mercer County HistoricalSociety commissioned the play in2008 in order to celebrate the100th anniversary of AdmiralRobert Peary’s trek to the NorthPole. The Society asked CliffBrown, a retired history teacherwith a background in NorthAtlantic history, to write the play.After the play was written, Dr.James Dixon III, chair of theEnglish department, asked Brownto direct the play on campus.

Brown said about writing theplay, “One of the biggest chal-lenges was to figure out how tosqueeze about 30 years of historyinto a two-hour show.”

Writing this play both at hishome in Mercer and his summerhome in Newfoundland, Brownhad access to many artifacts fromthe Mercer County HistoricalSociety. In addition, Brownreceived inspiration from livingnear the home of Captain BobBartlett in Newfoundland.

In 1908, Peary left on one ofthe most controversial polarexpeditions of all time. Alongwith him, Peary brought Dr. John

Goodsell and Bartlett. When hereturned to America, Goodselldiscovered that the truth ofPeary’s arrival at the Pole was inquestion.

Peary’s competitor FrederickCook also claimed to havereached the Pole a year beforePeary. As the truth was investi-gated, Goodsell found Peary’sdisrespect for his fellow compan-ions utterly appalling.

During the play, the audiencemembers felt as if they were onboard the ship with the crew. Theactors used catwalks as a part oftheir stage setup to imitate work-ing on the deck of the ship. Thefirst act clearly showed the hard-ships that the crew went throughin order to reach the North Pole.

The technical team made excel-

lent use of sounds and lighting tocreate an eerie, cold feeling in thetheater. The sounds of frigid windblowing, water crashing againstthe boat and hundreds of dogsbarking on the upper deck echoedthroughout the progression of ActI as Goodsell wrote in his diaries.

When Peary made it back tothe ship on April 27, the crewmembers asked if he had, indeed,made it to the Pole.

Peary answered, “I have notbeen altogether unsuccessful.”

This confusing and rathervague response further increasedGoodsell’s curiosity about thetruth of the expedition.

While the National GeographicSociety believed that Peary wasthe “discoverer” of the NorthPole, many people were doubtful.

The majority changed their viewonce Cook was accused of fraudfor lying about his ascent ofMount McKinley.

In Act II, Goodsell returnedfrom his Arctic adventure andfound employment as a surgeonin France during World War I.Goodsell told the other doctorsstories of the expedition, includ-ing a humorous account ofPeary’s wife living with her hus-band’s Eskimo bride during theexploration.

When Goodsell reunited withBartlett, he raised an interestingpoint: The only other man whomade it to the North Pole withPeary, Matt Henson, was not con-sulted when Peary wrote hismemoir of the trip. Goodsellwent as far as to call Peary’s

expedition a “national decep-tion.”

In the final scene, Bartlettended with a message that eachmember of the audience couldrelate to, saying that Peary wouldhave to answer to God for whathe said and did in his lifetime, aswill the rest of us.

As always, the play resonatedwith the audience. Not only did itsuccessfully honor a local hero,but it displayed the importance ofhonesty, friendship and the abilityto learn from the adventures inlife.

This was surely a production offirsts. Brown had never written ordirected a play before. Therewere also several actors whomade their début on the GroveCity College stage: seniors WillMartin and Dan McKrell andfreshman Joel Richardson.

When asked about his inten-tions to write another play,Brown said, “I do have an inter-est in developing somethingabout the quest to conquer theAtlantic by air. Most people think‘Lindbergh’ (1927) the momentyou raise the topic. However, hewasn’t the first, and the full storyneeds to be told.”

Because it would be very diffi-cult to use airplanes on a stage,Brown is considering other formsof media.

Goodsell lived in Sandy Lake,Pa. and died at the age of 76without seeing his memoir pub-lished. His wife, Nancy Goodsell,donated all of his memorabilia tothe Mercer County HistoricalSociety.

Matthew BarnetteSophomores Tyler Crumine and Austin Hollopeter perform in “Polarities.”

The best of The Mountain Goats is yet ‘to come’By Emily PerperCollegian Entertainment Editor

“If you’re into music, you’reinto religion, somehow or anoth-er … we’re singing in order todescribe the experience of thedivine,” John Darnielle said inhis most recent interview withPitchfork Magazine.

Darnielle is indie-folk rock’sbest-kept secret. He is the front-man – and sometimes the onlyman – in the band The MountainGoats. He is one of PasteMagazine’s “100 Best LivingSongwriters”; the New Yorkernamed him “America’s best non-hip-hop lyricist.” Darnielle haswritten over five hundred songsin his career. He is also an authorand a columnist for DecibelMagazine.

His songs are both anecdotal anduniversal, and the melodies are notmerely catchy; they are haunting.Darnielle said, “I’m not the great-est singer in the world, and I’m apretty crude musician, but I writegood lyrics, I think.” His thou-sands of devotees would agree.

Renowned for his lively, inti-mate concerts, Darnielle said,

“There are certain types of musicthat are better recorded, but [asfor] what I do, a recording of it isalways kind of going to be ashadow of what it’s actuallyabout.” He prefaces his songswith quirky stories from hisyouth and time spent on the road.Darnielle charms his audience,jumbling his lyrics or jokinglybadmouthing rival sports teams.

A charming juxtaposition ofunassuming middle-aged manand brilliant lyricist, Darniellegraduated with an English degreefrom Pitzer College, is marriedand makes his home in Durham,N.C. He also suffered physicaland emotional abuse at the handof his stepfather (the subject ofThe Mountain Goats’ 2006record “The Sunset Tree”) andovercame a heroin addiction.

Darnielle was raised as aCatholic and converted to athe-ism as an adolescent, thenentered “that horrible limp-sounding realm of agnosticism.”Enamored with the idea of dedi-cated belief, he said, “I’d love tobe a believer. I would love to bea fanatic [and] have that certaintyof belief in anything.”

Darnielle describes his currentreligion as “a liturgy of theheart.” As such, his songs rangein title from “You’re in Maya”(the Hare Krishna term for “intoo deep”) to “Pigs That RanStraightaway Into The Water,Triumph Of” (a reference toMatthew 8:30-34). Darnielle’sextensive knowledge of Scripturewithout the traditional Sunday-school background is a testamentto his reach and strong personalconvictions. He is obsessed withthe diverse translations thatBibleGateway.com offers andmentions the Web site in mostinterviews.

The Mountain Goats’ latestalbum is a foray into scripturalallusion entitled “The Life of theWorld to Come.” The title ofeach of the 12 tracks is a Bibleverse. Darnielle said the record isthe culmination of “12 hard les-sons the Bible taught me, kindof.” The song “Matthew 25:21,”in which a master calls his “goodand faithful servant” home tohim, is about Darnielle’s mother-in-law’s struggle with cancer.“Genesis 3:23” recalls God cast-ing Adam and Eve out of the

Garden of Eden, which Darniellerelates to visits to his old homebecause “every place … is Edenin some way.”

Other tracks are less ambigu-ous and repeat the text of the par-ticular verse in the chorus, suchas “Romans 10:9.” Darnielledescribes the album as “mid-voice,” relying on guitar andpiano with touches of bass and

drums. The Mountain Goats are tour-

ing the United States with open-ing act Final Fantasy. A freedownload of The MountainGoats’ single “Genesis 3:23”from “The Life of the World toCome” is available atwww.mountain-goats.com. 4ADrecords will release “The Life ofthe World to Come” on Tuesday.

www.mackenzieland.comThe Mountain Goats will release another album Oct. 6.

Entertainment22 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

By Anna BrinkmanCollegian Editor-in-Chief

An hour is not too far to driveif the reward is a dinner atKotobuki. Located north ofPittsburgh in Allison Park, thisJapanese and Korean eateryboasts authentic dishes, dine-in ortake-out, generous servings andmanageable prices. With a menuranging from sushi to charbroiledKorean beef, Kotobuki is truly anEast Asian dining paradise.

The restaurant’s exterior looksstrangely like an Italian villa, butinside, it exudes a contemporaryJapanese feel that is sleek yetcozy. A relatively low ceiling andlight color scheme create a warmambience in the dining area. Twowalls are lined with long paneledwindows, their sills overflowingwith exotic greenery.

Though we visited Kotobuki ona Saturday night, the restaurantwas not even half full, creating apeaceful atmosphere for quietconversation. Our friendly serverwas happy to explain how certaindishes were to be eaten, withoutshowing a trace of condescensionfor patrons’ ignorance ofJapanese and Korean dining cus-toms. Every member of the waitstaff was helpful, without hover-ing or pressuring us to try spe-cials or additional dishes.

For the appetizer, we beganwith two hand rolls of sushi,which came to the table freshlywrapped. The seaweed was stillcrispy, not soggy, and the rollswere literally overflowing withtheir fillings. There was no needto worry about skimpy sushihere!The eel roll featured flavor-ful strips of eel and a sauce withjust the right balance of sweetand tangy. The California rolltasted relatively tame and provedto be a safe option even for sushinovices.

Sushi connoisseurs will bepleased to know that both themaki and nigiri sushi offeringsare reasonably priced. Thoughsome of the sushi options are list-

ed on the Web site, their avail-ability varies from day to day dueto Kotobuki’s policy of usingonly the freshest ingredients.

For another appetizer we choseyakitori – delicately grilledchunks of marinated chicken,skewered and coated in saucethat artfully brought out the fla-vor of the moist chicken. Thesauce was pleasantly spicy, butnot so much as to overwhelm thefood itself.

We ordered two entrées:sukiyaki (Japanese beef hot pot)and dolsot bibimbap (Koreanmixed rice). When they arrived,the servings were surprisinglylarge. Though Japanese restau-rants typically serve portions ahalf to a third of what you couldexpect in a typical Americanrestaurant, there was almost morefood than each person could eat.The sheer quantity of food madeup for the mid-level pricing.

The sukiyaki was cooked intruly authentic Japanese style.Served in a shallow iron pot, itconsisted of thinly sliced beefsimmered with vegetables in acombination of soy sauce, sugar

and mirin (sweet sake used forcooking). It was so hot and freshthat it was necessary to wait afew minutes before digging in.

The dolsot bibimbap wasbrought in hot stone pots withample Korean hot sauce on theside. The sticky texture of therice and the carefully balancedproportions of rice, egg, meat andvegetables had our mouths water-ing from the moment the bibim-bap arrived. In the end, despitethe huge servings, we were scrap-ing the bottoms of our stone pots,savoring the crispy rice half-burned onto the bottom.

Though the menu advertised anumber of tempting dessert offers– including ice creams flavoredwith green tea and red bean paste– we settled on the mochi, or tra-ditional rice cake with red beanpaste filling. It arrived artisticallywrapped in leaves and had a per-fect chewy consistency, havingbeen hand-formed from glutinousrice flour dough.

The prices were reasonable fora Japanese restaurant; thus, theywere on the high side for collegediners. For those who like to do

their research in advance, theWeb site prevents any stickershock, as the online menus con-veniently list most prices. Inaddition to an extensive Japanesemenu, a supplementary Koreanmenu was offered in-house withdishes listed in both English andKorean script. Kotobuki alsomaintains a bring-your-own-bot-tle policy for alcoholic beverages,but graciously provides bottleopeners and glasses withoutcharging any corkage fees.

All in all, the dining experienceat Kotobuki far exceeded expec-tations, as the food was of thequality one could expect at amuch more expensive restaurant.An in-house shop will be openedshortly to accommodate customerdemand for the restaurant’s trade-mark kimchi, dressings, hot sauceand other products.

The next time you traverse thePittsburgh area, give Kotobuki atry. After spoiling your palatewith the experience of a lifetime,you’ll find yourself wishing thatthis culinary treasure trove wascloser to campus.

Kotobuki offers paradise for palateWSAJ’SBEST OF THE

WEEK

Justin Vernonreleases‘Unmap’

By Christopher LeSuerCollegian Contributing Writer

Justin Vernon first achievedrecognition when his self-record-ed debut as Bon Iver, “ForEmma, Forever Ago,” wasreleased in late 2007. “ForEmma” was a modestly arrangedbut richly textured recordfamously put to tape by Vernonhimself in a backwoodsWisconsin cabin.

2009’s “Blood Bank” EP sawBon Iver branching out, still uti-lizing traditional guitar soundsbut experimenting with otherinstruments as well. The lasttrack, “Woods,” consisted entire-ly of Vernon’s voice manipulatedby studio technology and layeredon top of itself again and again.

Now, Vernon again indulgeshis experimental side with hisnew project, Volcano Choir,whose debut “Unmap,” wasreleased on Sept. 22.

Joining Vernon in VolcanoChoir are the members ofCollections of Colonies of Bees,a Wisconsin post-rock group whoprovide most of the instrumenta-tion on the album. Fans of BonIver will immediately recognizeVernon’s distinctive voice andlyrical quirks, while the guitars,keyboards and loops supplied byhis bandmates provide a uniquetexture that manages to cometogether beautifully.

Tracks such as opener “Husksand Shells,” which consists most-ly of acoustic guitar, will soundfamiliar to those who enjoyedVernon’s efforts with Bon Iver.Atmospheric soundscapes likethe one in “Dote” also draw fromfamiliar pools, layering guitars,voice and other instruments tocreate a composite with incredi-ble depth.

But Volcano Choir also pro-vides an opportunity for Vernonto expand his sound. This is evi-dent on tracks like “CoolKnowledge,” where Vernonchanges his voice to a bluesycroon over drums and guitar.

In other places, though, hisextra backing provides an ampli-fication of his traditional sound.The album’s first single, “Island,IS,” counters Vernon’s hauntingvocals with an endless, earnestguitar loop that transforms theminimalist, brooding Vernon ofBon Iver into an artist whosounds much more upbeat andoptimistic.

Listen for the single from“Unmap,” entitled “Island, IS,”on 91.1 FM this week.

www.kotobukipa.comPaper lanterns illuminate the welcoming interior of Japanese and Korean restaurant Kotobuki.

Kazuo TokoyodaChopsticks require practice.

By Anna BrinkmanCollegian Editor-in-Chief

While eating with chopstickscan be a challenge for begin-ners, it adds a touch of authen-ticity to your dining experience.The nuances of chopstick eti-quette vary between Japan,Korea, China, Hong Kong,Taiwan, and Vietnam; however,it’s important to keep the fol-lowing general pointers inmind.

Don’t rub your chopstickstogether, wave them in the air,gesture, or point. Also do notuse them to move plates orbowls, and don’t grab a dish orglass while holding chopsticks

in the same hand.Don’t spear chunks of food

with your chopsticks; they areto be used for picking food up,not stabbing or toying with it.

When you’re not usingthem, your chopsticks should beplaced parallel to yourself onthe chopstick rest. If a chopstickrest is not available, you canimprovise by folding the paperwrapper that contained thechopsticks. Also place them onthe rest when finished with themeal.

Never use your chopsticks topass food to another person –this resembles the passing of adeceased relative’s bones at atraditional Japanese funeral.

Instead, pass a plate to allowthe person to take the food.

If you transfer food to orfrom another person’s plate,don’t use the end of the chop-sticks that you put in yourmouth. Use the end that youhold.

Avoid licking, sucking orchewing on your chopsticks,even if grains of rice are stuckto them or they are coated insauce.

Never leave your chopstickssticking up in rice – this resem-bles incense sticks and is alsoevocative of a Japanese funeral.

Chopsticks might feel awk-ward at first. So just practice!

Chopstick etiquette

Japanese, Korean restaurant does not disappoint

ThingsDoto

For those who would like anexcuse to delay studying foranother hour or two, theGuthrie Theater will beshowing “The Time-Traveler’s Wife” daily at 7p.m. It will also be playingSaturday and Sunday at 2 p.mand 4:15 p.m. “Halloween 2”will playing daily at 9:15 p.m.

Today and Saturday the TauAlpha Pi One Acts will beheld in the Pew Fine ArtsCenter’s Little Theater from7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Take abreather from all of theHomecoming activities andcatch the last two showings ofthis traditional Grove CityCollege theatric event.

The Homecoming Parade willbe at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Don’tmiss your fellow students andthe faculty as they put on thebig show for returning alumni.

Tonight the HomecomingDance will be held in theBreen Student Union. Thedance will start at 7:30 and endat 11 p.m., which leaves plentyof time to enjoy the free foodand drinks and flaunt yourdance moves or clothes.Festivities in HAL courtyardpromise to be much warmerthan last year.

On Tuesday, the HealthProfessions Career Fair willbe held in the Hall of Arts andLetters from 6:30 to 9 p.m.Representatives from collegeswith M.D., D.O, nursing,physicians assistant, dental,physical therapy and otherhealth sciences programs willbe available for panel discus-sions about applying andpreparing for those fields.There will be two 40-minutesessions and a casual receptionafterwards. If you are interest-ed in the medical field andwould like to attend, pleaseRSVP to Kathy Leonard at724-458-3306 ormkleonard@gcc.edu. Sign-inis at 6 p.m. in the atrium of theHall of Arts and Letters.

-Compiled by Emily Kramerand Emily Perper,

Collegian EntertainmentEditors

Entertainment 23The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Film tests life without limits‘Surrogates’ attempts to define the meaning of life

By John BianchiCollegian Contributing Writer

Imagine a world where peoplenever get old. A world wherethe blind can see and the crip-pled can walk. A world of eter-nal youth and beauty. This is theworld of “Surrogates.”

The concept of this new filmfrom Miramax Pictures is hardlyunique, and the impact of yetanother dystopian film is doubt-ful – at least on the surface.Most movies of this kind tend tocenter around the same age-oldstory of man versus machineand the struggle to defeat amachine-run society. Yet thisfilm spins this story line anddelivers an action packed adven-ture in the futuristic world of“Surrogates.”

The film, which runs approxi-mately 90 minutes, stars BruceWillis, Radha Mitchell andRosamund Pike as characterscaught up in a world of futuris-tic robots and government cor-ruption. Director JonathanMostow tackles the philosophi-cal concept of living vicariously.In essence, how do we define

our lives? If we live our livesthrough robotic counterparts,seeing and feeling only throughvirtual lenses, are we truly liv-ing?

Enhanced humanity makes foran interesting film conceptbecause of its relevance to manyreal-world issues. Current politi-cal debates surrounding stemcell research, abortion andeuthanasia all deal with thesame questions. Life must bedefined in our society because ittranslates into how we view somuch around us.

The case has been made thatmodern conveniences are detri-mental to productive growth andthe quality of life of individualsin society. Machines and tech-nology dominate our culture.Americans sacrifice leisure timeoutdoors for video games andtelevision, becoming a sedentarypopulus. “Surrogates” portraysthe decline of the individualswho simply allow machines tolive out their lives.

Yet “Surrogates” doesn’t sim-ply present the issues and deliv-er a storyline. This movie makes

a conscious effort to answer themoral questions behind thethemes of the film. In fact, adichotomy is set up betweenthose who wish to keep“Surrogate life” a reality andthose who wish to break downthe facade of surrogate living.

In the movie, Mostow deliber-ately placed a character namedthe Prophet (Ving Rhames), aleader of a separatist humancoalition opposing the use ofsurrogates. The Prophet standsas a voice declaring the evils ofproduction and technology. Thequestion remains that even iftechnology allows us to wasteour time or if people have a ten-dency to abuse it, does it followthat people should choose tolive in the dark ages or decrytechnology continuously?

“Surrogates” was ultimatelyunsatisfactory because it lackedthe time and depth to fully dealwith these philosophical ques-tions. Although the plot wasaction-packed, it seemed a bitdated. Bruce Willis has seenbetter days. “Surrogates” isworth a watch, but is not amust-see blockbuster.

www.jollygoodshow.netBruce Willis stars in the dystopian movie “Surrogates.”

David Crowder* Band’s ‘Church Music’By Emily CramerCollegian Writer

Six months of YouTubeupdates. Five weeks since theopportunity to preorder. Fourother albums. Three singlesreleased one week at a time. Twowords encompassing a title that issimultaneously strikingly honestand full of mystery. One newalbum: David Crowder*Band’s“Church Music.”

With the release of “ChurchMusic” on Sept. 22, the band hopesto accomplish two goals. On thesurface, the album serves to remindpeople of the evolution of music inthe church. On a deeper level, theband wants to make people awarethat they are always in God’s pres-ence, meaning that church musiccan happen anywhere.

Frontman and lead singerDavid Crowder recognizes thestruggle of a Christian band toembrace cultural elements whileat the same time making itsmusic distinct and separate fromthe culture as a whole. Hebelieves that music has a hugepotential to speak truth to non-Christians – as long as they knowwhat they are hearing.

“The one thing non-Christiansget perturbed about is that no oneis being straightforward with theconversation ... This project sayswhat it is. It’s church music, andif you’re straightforward with it,there’s beauty that’s available topeople who may not profess thesame beliefs,” Crowder said.

The band’s mission statementreflects its desire to reach out to

the world of non-believers. Themembers struggle with living inthe world while not becoming itsproduct and with integrating theirfaith into all areas of life. Theyalso believe that art, beauty, cre-ativity and diversity comestraight from God.

“I really think music is one ofthose unique things that we havein the material world that lets usget a glimpse that there might besomething bigger,” Crowder said.

His hope is that the new album“speaks to the magnificence ofGod and aids in articulating [the]response in light of this grand-ness, something that is both func-tional and inspirational.”

“Church Music” contains a dif-ferent sound than most peoplewould not expect to find under achurch label. Using everythingfrom simple piano or guitar har-mony to synthesizers and elec-tronic noises, the band redefinesthe worship experience.

“The title makes me smile –‘Church Music’ – in that it is per-fectly proper and appropriate andalso perfectly odd and incongru-ous – ironic in the sense that it’sthe perfect, obvious designator,maybe a bit redundant to state,”Crowder said. “The colors andthe sound palate that you hear inthe music are not what would betypically associated with thisword group.”

The album definitely does offerthe unexpected. Some songs areheavy on the vocoder, while oth-ers are filled with sunshine orguitar harmony. One chorus con-tains portions of a translated

Chinese prayer book, whileanother track is a cover ofFlyleaf’s “All Around Me.”

Crowder’s desire is that themusic helps people to connectwith God.

“I really hope that this musicgives people transcendent experi-ences … that it transports theminto an awareness of the realitythat we all exist in, that is, thepresence of God.”

Many promotions preceded therelease of the record. Updates onYouTube, Myspace, Facebook,Twitter and other blogs gave fansthe latest information.

The band offered two differentpackages for preorder. The exclu-sive package included the CD, anautographed vinyl edition of thealbum, a “Church Music” maga-

zine written by the band, a tourposter, a guitar pick, stickers anda download code for four exclu-sive online tracks. The secondoption included the 17-track CDplus “surprise happy goodies,” asthe band put it.

Thriftier fans could purchasethe album through iTunes.Starting Sept. 1, iTunes releasedone single a week, and peoplecan now complete their album fora reduced price.

“It’s our stimulus package,”Crowder said.

The band started off its“Church Music” tour withDanyew and Seabird on Oct. 1in San Antonio, Texas. Ticketsand more information about theband are available atwww.davidcrowderband.com.

wwwfacebook.com/davidcrowderbandMembers of the David Crowder* Band.

Perspectives24 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Pittsburgh revitalizes

By Andrew PattersonCollegian Perspectives Board

After searching for cities tohost the G-20 Summit, theObama administration announcedon May 28 that the annual meet-ing of the world’s most powerfulleaders would be held inPittsburgh, Pa. Touting its appar-ent economic turnaround, thepresident saw an opportunity todisplay to the world how a for-mer industrial powerhouse wasable to transform into a green,technological hub of innovationand discovery.

The media has been eager totoe President Obama’s line. Iwatched the other night as NBCNightly News with BrianWilliams, which was coveringlast week’s G-20 Summit, ran apiece on what appeared to be thebooming metropolis ofPittsburgh.

Pittsburgh, as the story pointedout, has replaced its dirty steelmills with 13 miles of riverfrontparks and has constructed neweco-friendly buildings like themassive David L. LawrenceConvention Center, where the G-20 Summit was held. DanOnorato, Allegheny County ChiefExecutive, summed up the themeof the entire story by excitedlysaying that the city hasn’t remod-eled itself “just to feel good,” butrather because “it creates jobs.”

This particular NBC report,along with countless other newsstories throughout the week ofthe G-20, creates a misleadingpicture of the city.

I have lived in the suburbs ofPittsburgh all my life. Born in1990, I came into the communityduring the last breaths of the steelmill industry. Once a boomingtown based on its hard work ethicand blue collar values, Pittsburghhad now been reduced to anaging population constantlyplagued by job loss.

Throughout the 90s, thingsslowly began to improve. Theservice sector of the economy,specifically the healthcare indus-try, was taking root, bringingwith it a variety of modern, sta-ble job fields and careers.Likewise, academic institutionsin town, such as CarnegieMellon University, theUniversity of Pittsburgh andDuquesne University were —and still are — breaking newgrounds in research excellence.

Recently, there have been many

feel-good stories about the city. In 2006, roughly five months

after the Steelers won their fifthSuper Bowl, Pittsburgh hostedMajor League’s Baseball’s AllStar Game. In 2007, Places RatedAlmanac ranked Pittsburgh asAmerica’s “most livable city,”which was subsequently followedby the presentation of the sameaward in 2009 by The Economist.This year both the Penguins andthe Steelers won their respectivechampionships, and of course,the city was honored by hostingleaders from around the world forthe G-20 Summit.

Add all of this acclaim on topof two new stadiums, a soon-to-be-completed arena for thePenguins, the David L. LawrenceConvention Center, a just-com-pleted PNC Bank skyscraper anda few new buildings on the city’sNorth Shore, and one cannot helpgetting a bubbly feeling that thiscity is making a dramatic turn-around.

Unfortunately, there are a fewinconvenient problems that arecontaining my euphoria.

The politicians who runPittsburgh will rarely point outthe numbers and statistics thatactually matter. While many partsof town may be getting a newlook, there are serious problemswith the shrinking population.

Pittsburgh’s population reachedits height after the census of 1950when the city boasted over676,000 residents. The latest esti-mates taken in 2008 show a pop-ulation of just over 310,000 indi-

viduals, a decline of nearly 54percent. Since 2000, that is adrop from 334,000 people, or adecrease of eight percent.

Some argue that the city’s pop-ulation loss is slowly stabilizing.Certainly there are signs of struc-tural revitalization. Recent hous-ing plans built in older neighbor-hoods such as Squirrel Hill aswell as new apartments and con-dominiums in the downtown areaare certainly encouraging, butthere has not necessarily been amass migration to these loca-tions.

High taxes and debt also con-tinue to be a huge problem. As apercentage of median homevalue, the Pittsburgh region hasthe sixth highest property tax ofthe top 40 metropolitan regionsin the United States. And whilethe city has run budget surplusesfor the past four years, pensionliabilities totaling $900 million(twice the size of the 2009 budg-et) are waiting to be paid off,threatening to drag the city into adramatic deficit over the next tenyears.

These are very serious issuesthat cannot be overlooked. Yes,Pittsburgh has proudly changedits image from a manufacturinggiant that one reporter oncedescribed as “hell with the lidoff.” Yet the city’s leaders mustunderstand that these gains willbe superficial if they don’t gaincontrol over the town’s deep,underlying problems. If they failto act, true growth and revitaliza-tion will never occur.

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By Daniel HansonCollegian Perspectives Board

Economic historian AngusMaddison argues that the contoursof global development are expand-ed when unfettered exchange isallowed to flourish, implying thatall men in all nations have theright to trade what they want withwhomever they want withoutrespect to geopolitical borders. Theexplosion of trade in the secondhalf of the 20th century seems tohave vindicated his view. From

1950 to the present, global exportsper head have risen 114 percentwhile GDP per capita income hasrisen by almost four percent peryear.

Global agreements on trade poli-cy have been highly touted as thecatalyst for the removal of protec-tionist barriers around the world,but reality shows that global tradeagreements are increasinglyusurped by the more efficientmechanisms of unilateral, bilateraland regional agreements.

No new liberalization of trade ingoods has come from a globalagreement since 1995, despite thevolume of world exports increas-ing at the fastest rate in human his-tory during this time. Global,“plurilateral” free trade will onlyoccur when global trade agree-ments take a back seat to a morelocal, specific trade liberalizationagenda.

The preeminent trade agreementin the world is the World TradeOrganization. Trade experts haveexpressed the desire to reform thisagreement for many years now,citing the organization’s inabilityto cut agricultural subsidies,stymie protectionist resurgence

across Asian markets and openmarkets for service trade. In manyways, the WTO is still living offthe meager gains of its predeces-sor, the Global Agreement onTariffs and Trade (GATT).

The much ballyhooed DohaRound of talks to reform globaltrade began in 2001. They havenot yet concluded, and the agendaat the talks has been watered downso much as to be unrecognizable.World leaders at the G20 and G8have called for a speedy resolutionto the talks for the benefit of glob-al trade, but no such resolutionwill come. The agenda is too far-reaching for there to be a success-ful conclusion.

Even the WTO itself has cometo this conclusion, recognizing thata global system is unmanageable.These days, the organization large-ly operates as an oversight panelfor regional trade disputes. Of the370 trade grievances filed with theWTO, only 84 have been adjudi-cated. The rest were settled by theparties concerned apart from theappeals process. Under the WTO’sGeneral Agreement on Trade inServices, the plurality of nationssubscribing to the WTO have

signed independent regional orbilateral telecommunications andfinancial agreements.

Since 1994, no significant multi-lateral trade agreement haschanged the face of world trade.Since 1995, 65 percent of theincrease in trade is attributable toautonomous liberalization, 25 per-cent comes from regional or bilat-eral agreements and 10 percentcomes from preexisting agree-ments like the WTO. There havebeen eight rounds of talks in thistime, and none have yielded anysignificant results for trade.

The discussion that formed theGATT included 23 countries, con-cluded in one year and cut tariffrates by about 26 percent. TheUruguay round, forming the WTO,involved 123 members, cut tariffrates by about 15 percent and tookseven years to complete. The DohaRound, by contrast, includes 150countries and has no clear end insight despite entering its ninth yearof negotiations. The reduction intransactions costs estimated tocome from Doha’s conclusion hasbeen whittled down from $1 tril-lion in 2001 to $20 billion today.

Reimaging does not equal growth

Trade reform needs realistic agenda

See Trade, page 25

Perspectives 25The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

By contrast, many other agree-ments have been wildly successfulat opening markets to foreigners.The EU, NAFTA, CAFTA, thePan-Arab Free Trade Area, theGulf Cooperation Council, and theSouthern African Customs Union,for example, have all adhered to asimple set of principles and thuseffectively liberalized trade.

These agreements focus on lowexternal tariffs, simplified rules oforigin, coverage of all forms oftrade and minimizing bureaucraticoversight. Collectively, these prin-ciples have resulted in huge globalgains. The inefficient and overly-accommodating nature of plurilat-eral arrangements has made themsimply untenable.

The march of free trade mustcontinue. Wracked by a surge ofprotectionism and statism, nationsmust work to continue marketexpansion and integration. Theintegration will only work asnations collaborate one-on-onewith one another to find agree-ments, not by promoting consen-sus rule in global organizationsthat multiply inefficiency. Giventhe importance of trade growthand the poor results in global talksso far, the time to change strategyis now.

Tradefrom page 24

By Andrew McIndoeCollegian Perspectives Board

Congress is prescribing thewrong medicine for health carereform.

Consider the diagnosis: thestate of our health care systemis a great threat to America’slong-term domestic stability.

The current rate of health carecosts is simply unsustainableand health insurance premiumshave nearly doubled since 2000.Our nation’s total health carespending has more than doubledas a share of the gross domesticproduct over the last 30 years.The U.S. currently spends over$2.4 trillion on health care andthe government accounts for

almost one-half of this spend-ing.

Health care experts and econ-omists agree that, absent reform,this trend will only accelerateover the coming decades.There’s no question that ourcurrent health care system needsto be reformed.

Generally speaking,Americans are looking forgreater affordability, accessibili-ty, portability and quality intheir heath care. The currentdebate, however, is not overthese desired outcomes. Instead,it is over the two competingvisions of reform.

On one side, there are thosewho believe that centralizingpower in Washington is the bestapproach in achieving sustain-able reform. Their public policyprescriptions call for federaliza-tion and heavy regulation ofhealth insurance.

Sponsored by liberals inCongress, this legislation man-dates that, starting in 2013,nearly everyone who does nothave coverage must purchasehealth insurance that meets agovernment-approved standardof benefits.

Moreover, this legislationincludes taxes that would hurtsmall businesses. Employerswith more than 50 employees

who do not offer health cover-age would be forced to pay a taxfor each employee whose familyincome is low enough to qualifyfor a premium credit.

The result is indisputable –Congress would ultimately be incharge of heath care decisions.Higher taxes, flawed financingschemes and new mandateswould cover the costs.

On the other side, there arethose who believe that individu-als and families should be thedecision-makers in health care,rather than government bureau-crats who seek to control theflow of health care dollars.

A commonly overlookedaspect of government control isthat, in the face of a seriousbudget crises, health servicescould come under governmentrationing. If liberal reforms gaincontrol over personal healthcare, the value of individualdecisions would be diminishedand the autonomy of the state’sauthority would be undermined.Federal spending would alsosoar to new heights.

These are completely com-monsense concerns.

Members of Congress current-ly face a choice: either they sup-port the liberal efforts to expandWashington’s control of thehealth care system, or they

allow individuals and familiesto have direct control over theirhealth care dollars and deci-sions.

The best prescription forhealth care reform would allevi-ate the fears of averageAmericans by freeing everydoctor and patient to use theirintelligence, creativity and inno-vative abilities to make thechanges needed to create accessto low-cost, high-quality healthcare.

More spending, regulationsand bureaucracy are not theanswers. A patient-focusedhealth care system would pro-vide the highest quality andlowest cost as patients are ableto choose among competing pri-vate plans. Basic economicsshow that when patients canchoose, insurance companiesare forced to deliver betterquality care.

Increasing the size and scopeof government’s role in healthcare will only squash the pri-vate marketplace. As a result,costs skyrocket and qualityplummets.

Congress should prescribe apatient-centered system of con-sumer choice and real free-mar-ket competition. That’s the bestprescription for health carereform.

What it takes to feed a family

By Justin OlsonCollegian Perspectives Board

On Sept. 17, the House ofRepresentatives passed theStudent Aid and FiscalResponsibility Act. Among otherthings, this bill would expand therole of the federal government inproviding financial aid to collegestudents by moving to a directloan program run by the federalgovernment.

If it passes the Senate, the Actwill replace the current federally-guaranteed student loan program,which subsidizes private compa-nies for giving high risk loans tostudents. Students could receiveup to $6,900 in Pell grants by2019 and students would facesignificantly lower interest rates

by taking out federal studentloans. This would guarantee thatalmost any person in the UnitedStates could afford at least acommunity college education.

While most will simply see thisas another example of govern-ment taking over the private sec-tor, it raises the question of whythe government even thinks itneeds to fund post-secondaryeducation in the first place. Foodstamps are one thing; college issomething else – or is it?

Congress is acting because itsees a need that our misplacedAmerican values have created.Our culture has devalued jobsthat do not require higher educa-tion to such an extent that wemust either support government-funded higher education or seri-ously rethink how we look at thedaily life of families who cannotafford to seek a more decent liv-ing. Ultimately, our decision topay individuals what the marketdetermines they should earn andour disregard for neighborly obli-gations to those within our com-munities has created the need forCongress to step in and clean upthe mess we have made.

Let’s begin by examining thenature of the beast that we’re fac-ing. Education is one of the mostimportant factors in determiningone’s annual salary. Accordingthe U.S. Census Bureau, the

median income for both men andwomen in 2007 who had only ahigh school diploma was$26,894. For those who had anassociate’s degree, that numberwas $32,874 and for those with abachelor’s, it was $46,805. The2007 Federal Poverty Guidelinefor a family of five was $24,130.By definition, it is nearly impos-sible to adequately provide for afamily of five when you are onlyabove the poverty line by awhopping $2,764.

So what does this imply forsuch a family? First, both parentswill probably work. These days,however, day care costs a prettypenny. Transportation costs forthe additional working parent goup, so what the family end upwith is not two subsistenceincomes, but one and one-half.Moreover, the fact a child israised by day-care workers andnot a parent at home is anotherunwanted consequence. Thisbecomes a generational pattern asthe children from these kinds offamilies find themselves in thesame situation as their parents:unable to afford a higher educa-tion that would more than likelyensure a larger income.

The underlying issue is not thatthese families are having a hardtime. For most of history, fami-lies have survived with muchless. The moral travesty of the

situation is the value that we, as asociety, give to the jobs that thesefamilies occupy. It is ourdemeaning of what once wasconsidered an honest and decenttrade that is responsible for a sit-uation that is becoming all toocommon: two parents workingfull-time yet unable to adequatelyprovide for their families (thoughmost of the time it is a singlemother trying to do the job).

Not many people in Americaconsider a factory line job adecent trade. Even fewer thinkthat working at the gas stationselling cigarettes is meaningfullabor. Jobs like that are supposed-ly for high-school kids and immi-grants, not a working parent. Afather or mother should aspire todo “better.”

Why is a job that requires acollege degree “better?” Well,why would anyone want to dosomething that we can have someguy across the ocean do for halfthe price? We have come to con-sider it inconceivable that oneshould settle for pennies aboveminimum wage when hundredsof immigrants who don’t speakour language are willing to do itfor less.

The desire for corporate profitand a blind commitment to anabstract economic ideal has out-weighed Christian neighborlinessand the value we should place on

the individual communitieswhere God has placed us. Oursociety has debased what wasonce honest and decent labor byfailing to pay individuals whatthey are due and has failed tocare for our community by send-ing jobs elsewhere. When yourjob gets outsourced or when youremployer cuts your pay becausethe company has brought some-one in who only wants to be inthe U.S. for 10 years, you start toget the idea that your communitydoesn’t value your honest effortsto feed your family.

Congress is recognizing a legit-imate need in American societyby making college more afford-able. As the “lesser” jobs are out-sourced overseas, the U.S. isbecoming a nation where morecollege grads are needed to per-form the increasing number ofjobs that require more specializedskills and abilities. It appears thatthere is no turning back from thistransition. We have taken awaythe alternative.

Unless we are able to givevalue to the more mundane andless-specialized tasks that weconsider essential to our way oflife and become more considerateof our neighbors within our com-munities, we have no choice butto give our neighbors the meansto give their families what theydeserve.

America should eat the cost of education

Perscribing a better health care solution

Perspectives26 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Frisbee double standardIn the Sept. 18 edition of “He

said, she said,” Sean Morrisargued that the “rippling pec-torals” of shirtless men playingFrisbee on campus was an excel-lent example of the imago Dei.He also claimed that these bare-chested Grovers serve the pur-pose of inclining female thoughts“to the glory and mystery of theimago Dei.” What I want toknow is whether Mr. Morriswould consider shirtless womenchasing a Frisbee an appropriateexpression of the imago Dei.

Why is it that women inbathing suits are stumblingblocks for men, but for a woman,

staring at the muscular chest of amale is simply pondering theimage of God?

I would love to believe that Iand my fellow women are superi-or to the male race when facedwith temptation. Unfortunately,we are not. Generally speaking,attractive men with rippling pec-torals do not incline our thoughtsto the imago Dei. If youngwomen are expected to respecttheir brothers in Christ by watch-ing what they wear, it seems fairto ask young men to respect us inthe same way.

– Rebekah Atkinson, senior

By Alex PepperPerspectives Board

Nations UnitedIn a deferent slumberGadhafi talks on

With no missile shieldPoland left with helpless fearNuclear winter

AhmadinejadElection fraud in summerEnrichment in fall

Perspectives boredInternational relations in haiku

By Luke JudayPerspectives Board Editor

Torents of unrestStormy religious climateFor French public schools

Polanski’s hubrisLike the harsh alpine wintersDoes not faze the Swiss

Like vultures in fallGreat leaders gather to talkRecession can’t hear

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Another side of FacebookThough I thoroughly enjoyed

Jonathan Riddle’s Sept. 25Facebook editorial, I think thereis another side of the story thatwas overlooked. He was spot-on in identifying the narcissisticeffects of online social network-ing, but could Facebook also, insome cases, serve as a means ofexpression for those who wouldotherwise have no means,because of either an introvertedor timid personality?

I admit I have no facts toback up my argument (I haveyet to see a study on such atopic), and I don’t useFacebook often myself, but itwould seem that Facebookcould serve as a catalyst fordeveloping friendships thatwould otherwise never haveexisted. For instance, a more

shy personality that is unwillingto introduce himself personallyin social situations may find aneasier means of introduction onFacebook, which could thenlead to the development of amore personal, face-to-facerelationship in the future.

Again, I do think Riddle wasspot-on in identifying the harm-ful effects of using Facebook asa means to self-confidence. Butthere are just as many who, Ithink, have benefited fromFacebook and other forms ofonline social networking. Thebenefits of the website as a cat-alyst for expression may verywell outweigh the occasionalnarcissistic effects.

– Nick Freiling, freshman

By Andrea FellersenCollegian Perspectives Board

It’s a widely-accepted fact thatGrove City College students arefairly smart, articulate, and driven.As such, most if not all of us areactively working to ensure our sliceof the American dream. Althoughwe do not yet know what ourfutures hold, we do know that wewant to succeed. We want the goodlife.

The future lays before us, butwhat will it look like in 10 or even20 years? Will we be living thatgood life? The truth is that no mat-ter our choices, we all will dosomething with our lives. It isinevitable. But how will we definesuccess once we have made ourmark? If you will indulge me for aminute, I would like to share thisquote from Alton Brown, host ofthe Food Network’s popular show“Good Eats.” Musing on the quali-ties of a clam, he had this to say:

“Clams have inspired a lot ofexpressions through the years.

Tight as a clam. Clam up. Clammyhands. Happy as a clam — whichhas always kind of baffled mebecause the idea of living life in asubmarine mud pit while suckingmicroscopic food out of water witha snorkel-like siphon just doesn’tsound like the good life.”

Notice that he did not say whatthat good life might look like, yetwe can all agree that it is nothinglike the life of a clam. “Oh no,” wesay. “We are definitely moreadvanced than clams. Suckingmud! For goodness sakes, whowould ever do that?”

We have goals, after all. We aregoing to change the world.Perhaps. Perhaps not. As ourresponsibilities grow over the nextfew decades, our ability to takerisks and challenge the system willdiminish — if only because we willhave more to lose.

Revolution is easiest for theyoung. Where once we would settlefor nothing less than concretechange, we may come to rethinkour commitment to these goals.

Society, as it turns out, can beremarkably unreceptive to our ide-alistic assaults on its mechanics.

Before you think yourself betterthan the lowly clam, ask yourselfhow you will spend your time onceyou have risen as far as you can go.Will you retreat to safety? Will youstop trying? Will you settle back inyour place and tune out, or will youkeep caring? Will you dare to keepfighting for the dreams you holdright now?

I laughed aloud at the mentalpicture Brown’s words drew forme. As I remembered them the nextday, however, a pithy observationby C.S. Lewis on our capacity tomake wise choices invaded mythoughts.

“We are far too easily pleased,”he wrote in “The Four Loves,”speaking of the human proclivity tograb hold of something less thanthe best. Lewis penned those wordsin the context of worship and love,but they stopped my laughter

Waste hurts everyone

By Lydia SmithPerspectives Board

My job in the dish room isenjoyable, but the amount offood we have to throw out isfrustrating. I estimate that GroveCity College students pitch 10 to12 trashcans worth of food a day,and possibly more. Just over thelunch hour, my coworkers and Ifilled two barrels with untouchedhamburgers, full plates of pasta,whole apples and trays loadedwith pizza.

This is discouraging because itis inconsistent with the College’sconservative culture. If we trulyvalue economy of budget andpersonal responsibility ofresources, then why do we throwaway so much food?

Based on what I learned while

people-watching (also known as“spying”) during the lunch anddinner hours, there are threemain reasons.

First, we can blame it on thefreshmen. I say this with no guiltbecause I myself am new tocampus life. Moving fromMom’s cooking to a three-times-a-day smorgasbord is difficult.With so much temptation toovereat, many freshmen takemore than they can possibly fin-ish and end up dumping it.

Second, we don’t realize howquickly our choices accumulate.It seems insignificant when it’sonly your plate, but the resultsof our individual choices growcollectively and increase overtime.

Third, it’s easier to waste foodbecause the cafeteria is buffet-style. We don’t pay for eachplate or even each type of food,so it doesn’t seem to matter. Thisreason is the most difficult toaddress because it’s affected byour habits, which are difficult tochange. Also, if you’ve nevercared about throwing food out,then it’s not a big deal. Whybother to change now?

The most obvious reasonagainst wasting food is cost. Theoperation of the cafeteria, fromemploying cooks to the cost ofthe food itself, is paid for bydonors and our parents. None ofus would think of throwing real

cash away, but we do the samething when we throw out food.

If the College reduced theamount of food waste, our menuoptions would be better becausethe chefs would be able to focuson quality rather than fixingmeals that would just be thrownout.

However, there is a moreimportant reason, and it’s not the“poor child in Africa” one. Idon’t mean to make light ofpoverty issues, but that’s anunhelpful motivation in the cafe-teria line. It is important, though,to remember global issuesbecause the more we waste, theless generous we can be.

Our primary motivation shouldbe good stewardship of theresources God has given us. Thisis something less tangible thansaving money, but it is muchmore important. Waste makes usless grateful for what we haveand makes us forget that what wehave is God-given.

Are you ready for the latestcheesy awareness slogan? “Lesshaste, less waste.” Think aboutyour food choices. Purposefullyconsider what your body needsand try not to overdo it.

Throughout our college years,most of us will spend over 2,000hours in the cafeteria. We’ll alsohave to make as many or morechoices about what we consume.Let’s make them for the better.

Mud pits and the good life

Collegian awards Green EyeshadeThe Collegian Green Eyeshade Award honors stu-

dent contributors who have demonstrated consisten-cy and excellence in their work. Each week, TheCollegian advisers select a reporter, photographer orbusiness personnel member who has made a valu-able contribution to the paper that week.

Winners receive a $5 voucher to the GeDunk.

This award, which as been offered since the 2006-2007 academic year, is sponsored by the College’sCommunications Office and makes a valuable addi-tion to a portfolio or resume.

The green eyeshade visor is a symbol of in-the-trenches journalism and also refers to headgearworn by copy editors and others “engaged in vision-

intensive, detail-oriented occupations.” The Societyof Professional Journalists also has an award pro-gram of the same name.

The winner for the Sept. 25 issue is freshmanLydia Smith for her article “Ketler Hall connectscampus.” We at The Collegian would like to thankLydia for her colorful writing and thorough reporting.

See Clams, page 27

Perspectives 27The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Modernism begets hollow soulsBy John HaywardCollegian Perspectives Board

The term “post modern” isbunk. It is ambiguous and mis-leading. Its ambiguity is self-evi-dent; using “post modern” todescribe the current thought trendis comparable to referring toChristianity as post-Judaism. Theterm’s deceit, therefore, flowsdirectly from its ambiguity, for“post modern” implies that it issomething apart from modernism.

Post modernism, with its rootsin the disillusionment that camefrom two world wars, is a mod-ernism that seeks redemption inthe wholehearted embrace ofmodernism’s logical conclusions.Therefore, instead of being aFreudian Moses coming downfrom the mountain with a newgod and law, the post modern is abiblical Ezekiel exhorting mod-erns to consistently live out theirbeliefs or perish. This continuitybetween the two interrelated ide-ologies is clearly seen in theirsimilar treatment of beauty.

C. S. Lewis grasped the injus-tice of modernism’s — and hencepost modernism’s — relegation

of beauty from foundationalattribute of the world to throw-away adjective. In “The Abolitionof Man,” a compilation of hisspeeches against modernism,Lewis mentions what the authorsof the infamous Green Book saywhen a waterfall is called sub-lime.

“[The viewer] appeared to bemaking a remark about the water-fall… actually he was not makinga remark about the waterfall, buta remark about his own feelings.What he was saying was really ‘Ihave feelings associated in mymind with the word “Sublime,’’or shortly ‘I have sublime feel-ings …’ We appear to be sayingsomething very important aboutsomething: and actually we areonly saying something about ourown feelings.”

This thesis captures the heart ofwhat the phrase “Beauty is in theeye of the beholder” means.Beauty becomes a vague adjec-tive to describe an obscure feel-ing. This is an innovationbecause, as Lewis describes,“Until quite modern times allteachers and even all menbelieved the universe to be suchthat certain emotional reactions

on our part could be either con-gruous or incongruous to it —believed in fact, that objects didnot merely receive, but couldmerit our approval or disapproval,our reverence or our contempt.”

All such correspondence isanathema to the modern.Modernism’s fetish of materialis-tic empiricism cannot account forthe transcendent trait of beautybelonging to, rather than describ-ing, the natural world.

This concept is nothing new;both Benjamin Franklin andDavid Hume articulate it. When itis applied to other transcendenttraits like goodness and truth, theresult is the dismal confusion ofexistentialism and nihilism. Theinnovations of today’s popularthought, which seem to justifydelineating it as something sepa-rate from modernism, are there-fore the conclusions and manifes-tations of consistent modernism.

As the post modern witnessesthe reckoning of the modernworld in the harsh logic ofDarwinian capitalism, the inhu-mane effects of scientific deter-minism and the abandonment ofcommunity — all side effects ofwhat Lewis describes as mod-

ernism’s eventual abolition ofman — he drinks all the morefully from modernism’s brokencistern in desperation for somesemblance of a holistic reality.

Beauty was the first of the triadof truth, beauty and goodness tofall in modernism. It was only amatter of time until its brothersfollowed, for beauty is themomentum that drives us togoodness and truth. Rather thanhealing the ills of modernism orrestoring community, such relativ-ity will lead to a society ofstrangers, giving Camus his vin-dication. Rather than creating tol-erance by denying objective truthand goodness, “post modernism”creates a culture of dogmatictrends and intellectual fads,jostling people from rock to reefbecause they cut their own aca-demic anchors.

This ideology denies the tran-scendence of beauty, truth andgoodness. The term most suitedfor men who cling to it, ratherthan modern or post modern, is“hopeless.” Without the transcen-dence offered by truth, beauty andgoodness incarnate, and His res-urrection, there is no hope forredemption.

Language of crisis taints discourse

By Dayne BattenCollegian Perspectives Board

“You never want a serious cri-sis to go to waste.” With thoseten words, President Obama’schief of staff Rahm Emmanuelbetrayed the essence of a perni-cious political tendency – the useof crises as a justification for theexpansion of governmentalpower. Ultimately, though onecan trace this tendency back tothe first governments, it poses asignificant threat to legitimatepolitical discourse.

Economist Robert Higgsdescribes the interplay of crisesand government in his book“Crisis and Leviathan.” In thework, Higgs describes what hecalls the “ratchet effect” of criseson governmental power. As anation goes through times of tur-moil, Higgs says, its governmentwill often take on unprecedentedpowers to stave off disaster.

Though states often relinquishmany of these temporary powers

when the crisis is over, Higgsargues that governments general-ly prove reluctant to surrender allof their newfound influence. Astime passes, consecutive crises“ratchet up” the amount ofpower the government wields.

Though history is full of evi-dence of Higgs’ ratchet effect inaction, our modern period pro-vides the most relevant exam-ples. For instance, Congresspassed the Patriot Act after Sept.11 in order to defend Americansfrom the threat of terrorism. Thebill expanded federal powers,granting the governmentincreased license to search, wire-tap, detain or otherwise investi-gate and interrupt the lives ofpeople suspected of terrorism.Though some of the provisionsof the Patriot Act have expired(or were struck down as uncon-stitutional), many were renewedby Congress in 2005 and arelikely to remain law indefinitely.

The subprime mortgage crisisof 2007-2008 and the subsequentfinancial meltdown have demon-strated Higgs’ principle yetagain. After the collapse ofLehman Brothers, the FederalReserve Board and the U.S.Treasury took an unprecedentedrole in the American economy:brokering trillion-dollar bankmergers, doling out bailout cashand even nationalizing sectors ofthe banking and automobileindustries. Now, though the melt-down may be over, the federalgovernment is taking active stepsto increase its oversight of theAmerican economy.

At this point, it may seem thatthe role of crisis in the shapingof governments is a fairly legiti-

mate one. After all, the job of thegovernment is to protect its citi-zens, and the prevention of ter-rorism and economic depressionseem like rather acceptablegoals. This may be true.

But the problem with crises, atleast when it comes to politicaldiscourse, is that it is often hardto distinguish between legitimateand illegitimate emergencies.Though a crisis is a good justifi-cation for swift and decisiveaction, the last thing we want todo is to rush a major decisiononly to find out later that wemade the wrong choice.

Consider the Iraq War.America went to war under theassumptions that SaddamHussein possessed weapons ofmass destruction and that theIraqi regime was actively sup-porting Al-Qaeda. Unfortunately,as we all know, neither of thoseclaims has ever been verified.Nevertheless, we have paid theprice of our decision with thelives of 4,300 American soldiers,with the lives of tens of thou-sands of Iraqi civilians and with$700 billion of taxpayer money.

Though Americans disagreevehemently on the war, one factcan be agreed upon: Americamay have made a different deci-sion had she gathered betterintelligence rather than acting ona 9/11-induced sense of crisis.This is the inherent problem withbasing decisions on the percep-tion of impending disaster.

The possibility that we willmisunderstand a dangerous situa-tion and act inappropriately isonly the first problem withcrises, however. The true threatto political discourse is the threat

of manufactured hysteria.When it comes to manufactur-

ing hysteria, the first culprit istelevision news. As anyAmerican will tell you, death,destruction and mayhem makefor exciting television. Whenthose things happen on anepisode of “24,” it is probablyacceptable.

Unfortunately, the nightlynews is subject to the sameforces as more openly fictitiousshows: ratings and advertisingrevenue. Thus, because the endof the world always makes bettertelevision than a ho-hum day inAmerica, the major news outletsare pressed into creating a senseof drama and, ultimately, crisis.

This tendency has been illus-trated quite nicely by recentmedia trends. Consider the apoc-alyptic rhetoric surroundingSARS, mad cow disease and thebird flu – diseases that havekilled fewer than 1,500 people inthe last decade. Consider mediacoverage of the 2006 conflictbetween Israel and Hezbollah;news outlets were widelyaccused of staging photographsand exaggerating stories toemphasize violence. In oneinstance, Reuters actually admit-ted that one of its reporters haddigitally altered several photos toincrease the death and destruc-tion they contained. Ultimately,with reporters playing up emer-gencies, the danger of acting ona false crisis becomes that muchmore real.

The media is not the only enti-ty with an incentive to manufac-ture crises and exaggerate thegravity of situations. Politiciansare well aware of the swift gov-

ernmental action that a crisisallows and many governmentofficials are willing to exploitthis reality to further their politi-cal agenda.

Though I don’t care to take aposition in the healthcare debate,I don’t think it would be out ofline to recognize that the so-called “healthcare crisis”appeared out of nowhere whenObama made healthcare reformhis number one domestic priori-ty. It just seems too convenient.

This is not to say thatDemocrats are the only onescapable of exploiting the lan-guage of crisis to their advan-tage. It’s simply to illuminate adangerous political strategy.When we’re literally discussingthe health and wellbeing (and,ultimately, the lives) of hundredsof millions of Americans, weought to take the time to weighthe issue carefully and make theright choice – whatever that maybe. Rushing the decision will nothelp anyone.

In the end, the answer to theproblem of crisis politics is vigi-lance and careful thinking (as itoften is). Obviously, our govern-ment needs to be able to act dur-ing crises. But we ought to bekeenly aware of the fact thatnews outlets and governmentofficials have an incentive to playup the dangers of particularevents. We should also acknowl-edge that fear can drive us tomake poor decisions even duringtimes of legitimate crisis.Ultimately, we need to ensurethat our rationality dominates anyemotional sense of fear orurgency thus weakening thepower of crisis politics.

because I knew the joke was onme.

I am the clam, you see. I cansee the good and the best, but alltoo often, I do not hold out orfight for the best. I settle. I am fartoo easily pleased.

Pushing for a dream is hardwork. Sometimes even our bestwork will win us only a draw, atemporary truce with a systemthat will do anything to continueon its path unchanged.

Yet who are we if we eventuallystop caring about what fires us upright now? What does it say aboutus if we give up our dreams ofmaking a difference and living thegood life, or if we settle back intothe meager satisfaction of a safeplace in the mud?

Our days make up our lives,Annie Dillard wrote years ago.Every day counts toward yourlife. What will that life look like?I will not presume to make a listfor you that details the compo-nents of the good life. Ask your-self these questions, answer themif you dare, but leave the mud pitsto the clams.

Clamsfrom page 26

Sports28 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Victory not in cardsMen finish fall season 1-2 after 3-6 loss

By Lisa BaldwinCollegian Writer

Despite a rescheduled game, theGrove City College Wolverineswere unable to avenge last year’sloss to Allegheny College onThursday.

The Wolverines were only able toclaim one out of the three doublesmatches. Senior Peter Davis andjunior Ricky Garrett won a toughhour-long match 8-6 at first dou-bles.

Seniors Bill Derocha and ShaunMills lost 5-8 at second doubles.Freshmen Caleb Fuller and AnthonyRoselli lost 2-8 at third doubles.

Grove City made a stronger show-ing in singles, winning two out ofthe six matches. Garrett had astrong 6-3, 6-4 win at first singles.Davis played a tough three-setter atsecond singles, winning the first set6-4, but losing the second 4-6 andthe third 1-6.

Derocha lost 6-2, 6-1 at third sin-gles. He is currently recoveringfrom a rotator cuff injury.

“Singles especially was toughtoday, because Allegheny had sever-al big hitters,” Derocha said, “butthe team managed to make it a goodmatch, regardless.”

At fourth singles, Mills lost 6-0,6-0. Fuller played at fifth singlesand lost a tough three-setter. Afterlosing the first set 2-6, he cameback to win the second set 6-3. Hewas unable to pull out the third,however, and lost 3-6.

“I had a hard time getting into thematch, but overall I felt like Iplayed pretty well. My opponenthad a little more experience though,and in the end, I think that’s whatmade the difference,” Fuller said ofhis match.

Sophomore Scott Yanak pulled outa strong victory at sixth singles,winning 7-6 (4), 6-2.

“I just had to hang in there and bementally tough. After I won the firstset, I think my opponent had a hardtime recovering mentally,” Yanaksaid.

Yanak’s match showed the truth ofRichard Evans’ statement: “Tennis isnot a gentle game. Psychologically,it is vicious. That people are onlyjust beginning to come to terms withthis fact illustrates just how big acon trick has been perpetrated on thenon-playing tennis public — andeven a few players, usually losingplayers — for decades.”

Mills said, “Despite losing 3-6,this was a solid match. We lost afew three-setters, and we didn’thave our full singles lineup. Againsta team as tough as Allegheny, that’sa respectable showing.”

The men close their preseasonwith the Intercollegiate TennisAssociation tournament at MaryWashington University inFredericksburg, Va.

Looking forward to the competi-tion, Derocha said, “Allegheny wastough, but they made for goodpreparation for our matches inVirginia.”

NFL WEEKLY

MEN’S VARSITY TENNIS

Sunday provides heart-stopping dramaBy Chris Wetzel Collegian Contributing Writer

Last Sunday’s National Football Leagueaction was not for the faint of heart. Multiplegames, including a pair of division rivalrygames, were not decided until the final min-utes and left fans with jaws dropping or fistspumping.

It began at Reliant Stadium in Houston,Texas, where the Texans took possessiontrailing 31-24 to Jacksonville with 4:24 to go.Matt Schaub connected with Kevin Walterfor 18 yards and Steve Slaton ran for another20, to bring Houston to the Jacksonvilledoorstep. After a Schaub pass to tight endOwen Daniels set up first and goal at the oneyard-line, an apparent touchdown pass wasnullified by a pass interference penalty.

Houston came close again, reaching theJacksonville two on a pass to DavidAnderson, and it appeared they would tie thegame. But when Chris Brown plunged offright guard and tried to stretch across the goalline, the ball popped loose into the end zoneand Jacksonville recovered, sealing a 31-24divisional victory and earning their first winof the season.

Just a few minutes later, a battle of unbeat-ens ended in an even more dramatic fashion.Playing on the road, Mike Singletary’supstart San Francisco 49ers battled back andforth all day with Brett Favre and theMinnesota Vikings. The 49ers cornerbackNate Clements returned a blocked field goal59 yards for a touchdown on the final play ofthe first half to give San Francisco a 14-13lead, but the end of the second half proved tobe just as intense.

Trailing 24-20, Favre and company tookpossession with only 1:29 remaining in thegame. Working efficiently and distributingthe ball to four different receivers, Favremarched Minnesota down to the SanFrancisco 32.

Then, in classic Favre fashion, he boughttime, stepped up and slung a pass to the backof the end zone, where fifth receiver GregLewis made a sensational leaping grab anddragged both feet just inside the line for agame-winning touchdown that put the homecrowd in a frenzy.

The 4 p.m. games continued the trend ofclutch performances and nail-biting endings,most notably at Paul Brown Stadium inCincinnati, Ohio.

Ben Roethlisberger struck early for the vis-iting Pittsburgh Steelers, making a patentedescape from pressure and calmly lookingdownfield, where he found Willie Parkeralong the sideline for a 27-yard catch and runtouchdown. Pittsburgh made the lead 13-0 ona field goal set up by a Roethlisberger bombto Mike Wallace.The second half was not as kind to Big Ben,

who had an interception returned for a touch-down by Jonathan Joseph in the third quarter.A bad snap on the extra point left Cincinnatitrailing 13-9. This deficit became 20-15 aftereach team scored another touchdown andCincinnati failed to convert for two points.

The Bengals would take possession for thefinal time, still trailing by five with 5:14 togo. They marched methodically down thefield before converting two fourth downs inPittsburgh territory to set up second and goalfrom the Pittsburgh four yard-line with 18seconds remaining.

Carson Palmer calmly stared down theSteeler defense and threw a dart right downthe middle that was caught by AndreCaldwell for the game-winning touchdown.The victory marked the first time the Bengalsbeat the Steelers at home since 2001.

Grove City CollegeThe men’s varsity tennis team were the 2009 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Champions.The majority of the men’s tennis season is played in the spring.

College (Football)Thought of the Week

Early losses open door for ‘dark horse’

Could this be the year a non-BowlChampionship Series team plays forthe national title?

With four of the top 10 teams los-ing this weekend, Boise State leapt toNo. 5 in the Associated Press pollbehind Florida, Texas, Alabama andLousiana State University. Two ofthose teams will likely drop out, sinceLSU and Alabama meet on Nov. 7with the winner likely to play Floridain the Southeastern ConferenceChampionship game.

That would leave only the SECchampion and Texas ahead of theBroncos, meaning that if one of thosetwo stumbles and Boise State winsout, the Broncos could be playing fora title come January.

- Chris Wetzel

Sports 29The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Wolverines fight for victory‘Swifter, higher, stronger,’ women’s volleyball team vows

WOMEN’S VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

By Amanda BrushCollegian Writer

“Citius. Altius. Fortius”– threewords that probably 99 percentof people on campus cannoteven define.

Walk down a hall in one of thewomen’s dorms, and chances aregood that you will see a blackand red sign with these wordsposted on it at least once. Arethey the new signs for membersof a Latin club? What do thesestrange words mean?

The three words translate to“swifter, higher, stronger,” andtogether form the motto for the

Grove City College women’svolleyball team this year.

In conjunction with this motto,the volleyball captains choseRomans 12:10-12 as their teamverse: “Love each other withgenuine affection, and takedelight in honoring each other.Never be lazy, but work hardand serve the Lord enthusiasti-cally. Rejoice in our confidenthope. Be patient in trouble, andkeep on praying.”

Junior captain Jodi Barrysaid, “We felt that this was afitting verse for our team thisseason because our main goalsare constantly working hard,

lifting up our teammates, andultimately serving the Lordabove all else.”

This motto is solid; it willbenefit the girls spiritually, andthe lessons learned will last foryears to come.

This week, the team playedthree games. On Wednesday, thewomen were defeated byAllegheny College in four games.

Sophomores Annie Barry,Anna McCurdy and MaryMasincup combined for 41assists, 34 digs, two service acesand 19 kills.

Junior captains IngeRasmussen and Jodi Barry com-

bined for 23 kills and 13 digseach. Junior defensive specialistKim Budd led the defense with28 digs.

Unfortunately, Grove City suf-fered from a slew of unforcederrors in hitting, serving andpassing, and failed to capitalizeon the opportunities thatAllegheny gave them.

Manager Tim Reiste said,“On a high note, [Grove City]played smart and forcedAllegheny out of their defensenumerous times, thus giving theteam easy passes setting upgood hitting opportunities.”

At Saturday’s tri-match, Grove

City split with one win and oneloss. The girls had an impressiveshow with fewer errors againstWaynesburg University, winning25-20, 25-15 and 25-20.

McCurdy and Rasmussen eachhad double-digit kills, 16 and 15respectively. Barry had 39assists and 19 digs, andRasmussen and Budd combinedfor 37 digs in an impressivedefensive show.

Unfortunately, the volleyballteam had no answer for ThielCollege.

The women are scheduled toplay at Penn State Behrend onWednesday.

Women’s tennis playsa rigorous week

By Lisa BaldwinCollegian Writer

It is a tradition for the captainof the Grove City Collegewomen’s tennis team to chose aquote or a Bible verse for everymatch, print it out, glue it onconstruction paper and put it inall of her teammates’ mailbox-es.

One of the quotes this pastweek came from Nat Hentoff:“Why has slamming a ball witha racquet become so obsessive apleasure for so many of us? Itseems clear to me that a pri-mary attraction of the sport isthe opportunity it gives torelease aggression physicallywithout being arrested for felo-nious assault.”

The Wolverines had plenty ofopportunities to release theiraggression this past week, witha packed schedule that startedwith an away match onMonday. The women travelledto Pittsburgh to face their con-ference opponent ChathamUniversity.

Although Chatham cameready to play, the team wasunable to win a match, and theWolverines won 9-0. Playingwith their standard lineup, theGrove City women continued todisplay their strength. Theyhave yet to drop a set in confer-ence play.

“Chatham came out fighting,”number one singles player jun-ior Natalie Walten said. “Theyreally thought they could win,

and they weren’t going to giveaway anything.”

On Wednesday, theWolverines suffered their firstloss to the Allegheny Gators.

Sophomores Megan Bennettand Stacy Moon won 9-7 at firstdoubles, but were the only dou-bles team to win. TheWolverines were unable torecover in singles play and sen-ior Lisa Baldwin was the onlyplayer to win a singles matchafter she split sets and cameback after being down severalmatch points.

Another notable match wassophomore Christina Bedi atsixth singles, where she lost 6-2, 7-6 in the fading light.

“This was a great match toplay. Allegheny is one of thestrongest teams we face in thefall, and it helped get us readyfor the tournament over theweekend,” Bennett said, despitethe loss.

Over the weekend, the teamtravelled down to MaryWashington University, wherethey saw the Jefferson DavisInterstate, rebel bumper stickersand grits at the hotel’s continen-tal breakfast.

The forecast predicted rain allday on Saturday, but thankfullyit held off until about 2 p.m.,allowing almost everyone tocompete. Walten, Moon andBennett were all entered intothe championship draw for sin-gles, but each suffered a toughfirst round loss to opponentsfrom Salisbury University and

Johns Hopkins University.However, they were all able towin several matches in the backdraw in the sunshine on Sunday.

Baldwin won her first roundmatch in one of the secondarydraws. Junior Elissa Bealemade a run to the finals in herdraw where she lost. Bedi alsowon several of the rounds inher draw.

Though suffering from a toughcold, junior Kim Peterson battledthrough to win all of her matches.

“I felt like I had been runover by a semi truck seventimes,” Peterson said, but sheshowed how tough she was bynot only playing through it, butalso winning.

Sophomore Reena Barnetthad a tough first round matchwhich she lost, but she won hermatch in the consolation round.

“A lot of families and parentswere able to come, and that was alot of fun,” Barnett said. “It’salways great to have their support.”

Of the team’s first overnighttrip of the season, Beale said,“One of my favorite parts aboutbeing on the team is travellingtogether. We always have somuch fun – watching movies onthe bus … hanging out in thehotel, and just laughing togeth-er. This trip, we even wrote outa bucket list of all the things wewant to do this year.”

The Wolverines are away atPenn State Behrend at 4 p.m.Monday and home Wednesdayagainst Westminster, starting at4 p.m.

WOMEN’S VARSITY TENNIS

By Daniel BernalCollegian Writer

The Grove City College men’ssoccer team has had a rough startthis season, struggling under-neath a four game losing streakand posting its current record at2-5-1. The most recent lossoccurred on Saturday againstCarnegie Mellon University, ateam that is currently ranked 12thin the nation. Amidst a rowdyhome crowd, the Wolverines heldthe Tartans to a 1-0 lead at half.But as the second half continued,Grove City was overpowered bythe Tartans, and the Wolverineswere subsequently cursed andjeered to a 5-0 loss.

The previous Wednesday,Grove City also fought atHeidelberg College, where theWolverines would lose in the first13 seconds of overtime. Despiteits outcome, the game perhapsrepresents the best the GroveCity men have played thus far.The Wolverines played like theywanted to win—all 50/50 ballswere challenged and defendersalso played with great intensity.

Although the men’s record isfar from .500, Coach MichaelDreves ‘97 notes that his men arelearning to play together and arebeginning to understand what ittakes to win. Their biggest prob-lem now, he believes, is that theyare content to take plays off. Thistendency showed its ugly head atthe Heidelberg game. After twogreat halves, a miss-hit ball in thebackfield led to a great finishfrom Heidelberg’s GavinMcCarthy.

“As always,” Dave Larkin said,“a little mistake can cost thegame.”

Fortunately a new week beginsevery Monday. This week, theWolverines will again have twomore chances to get a win.Beyond these chances to improvetheir record, the men look for-ward to the Homecoming alumnigame and the luncheon follow-ing.

Each year, the field is full ofalumni from many differentdecades, all playing together. It isan exciting experience for all ofthe current players to play againstand share a meal with those whoplayed before them.

MEN’S VARSITY SOCCER

Men’s soccer teamlearns through losses

Dave MillerGoalkeeper Sean Osborneearned his fourth shutout ofthe season Tuesday afternoonas the Wolvernines defeatedJuniata 1-0.

Sports30 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Rugby wins first seed in playoffsBy Nickolas RendallCollegian Writer

The men’s rugby team is on aroll this year, and it is hard todetermine the main reason.Maybe it is something in thewater, maybe it is the strong mixof veteran experience and rookieenthusiasm, or maybe it isbecause the team has somethingthis year that they have never hadbefore: a field of their own.

When the decision was made inspring 2008 to build rugby andlacrosse fields using land boughtfrom area farmers, the team wasexcited by the prospect, but wasnothing short of ecstatic when theidea became a reality a little overa year later. For the past 15 yearsof the club’s existence, the play-ers had to practice and play onthe intramural fields, sharingfield time with all IM sports aswell as fellow club teams.

Not only did the shared fieldrestrict the amount of time that

teams could practice, but it alsoseriously damaged the conditionof the field. Now all these prob-lems have been solved and itseems that the results have beenextremely positive: the men’srugby team has enjoyed a perfect4-0 so far this year, and hasclinched the division title with a24-12 win against Clarion lastSaturday.

The Wolverines came out con-fident on Saturday after a winagainst rival Allegheny Collegethe week before. ClarionUniversity had recently movedup to Division III after a losingseason in Division II, but theirlarger school size has madethem the team to beat in thedivision thus far. Both teamscame into the match with perfectrecords, and the stage was setfor an 80-minute struggle fordivisional superiority.

Not surprisingly, the teamswere extremely evenly matchedin the first half of play. While the

Wolverines kept play in Clarionterritory for the majority of thefirst half, they were unable to fin-ish a drive with a try.

Clarion had similar difficultiesthroughout the first half, but aftera long drive and goal-line standby the Wolverines, they found ahole in the Grove City defenseand scored. Clarion made the fol-lowing conversion kick, puttingthem ahead 7-0 at the end of thehalf.

The second half opened withheavy rainfall, softening the fieldand making play sloppy for theremainder of the game. The con-ditions appeared to favor ofGrove City’s smaller, more agileplayers.

Grove City came out extremelystrong in the second half, imme-diately driving deep into Clarionterritory. From there, senioreight-man Nick Rendall was ableto find the try-zone after a shortyardage run. Grove City missedthe conversion kick, keeping

them down 7-5 early into thehalf.

Clarion answered Grove City’sintensity with a quick drive of itsown, catching the Wolverines off-guard. Clarion easily moved theball downfield, scoring after sev-eral minutes of play. They missedtheir conversion kick, putting thescore at 12-5.

As the weather conditionsworsened on the field, GroveCity continued to step up itsgame. After Clarion’s second try,the Wolverines controlled thetempo for the remainder of thematch.

Grove City drove hard intoClarion territory and seniorhooker Chris Enas ran in forGrove City’s second try. GroveCity made the following kick,tying the game at 12-12 with 20minutes of play left in the half.

After 10 more minutes ofstandstill play, Grove City foundits way back into Clarion’s try-zone after senior Jim “Pain

Train” Jordan rumbled throughseveral defenders for anothertry. After a successful conver-sion kick, the score was 19-12.

Clarion desperately fought toget back into Grove City territo-ry in the remaining minutes ofthe game, but could not deliver.Senior back Dan Wilkinsonstopped all remaining Clarionmomentum when he intercepteda ball and repeatedly kickeduntil he reached the Clarion try-line. Junior flanker ChrisHoward supported him andscored a final try with less thana minute remaining, effectivelyending any hope for a come-back. The final score stood at24-12.

After winning their confer-ence, the Wolverines are in goodshape for the playoffs. Thisweekend they have a bye, butthey will begin playoff actionOct. 10 as the No. 1 seed, war-ranting the Wolverines a homegame.

Men earn top spot in divisionMEN’S CLUB RUGBY

Preseason beginsBy Steve SchumacherCollegian Writer

“We’re just a bunch of guys outthere having fun,” said MattRosano, a senior starter on themen’s club volleyball team. “Thefun comes first, and the successfollows.”

This attitude drives the mem-bers of Grove City College’smen’s volleyball team. By keep-ing practices fun, members of theteam are able to maintain theiroriginal love for volleyball whilealso creating a strong sense ofteam unity. This unity, which isessential to the team’s success onthe court, is also maintained offthe court.

Whether they are practicingtheir dodgeball skills in practice,playing hide-and-go-seek in apitch-black Kansas City hotel, orcrushing opponents on the vol-leyball court, the bottom line isthat the men’s team likes to havefun.

The enjoyable aspect helps bal-ance the intensity aspect of thesport.

“Most people don’t realize howmuch time and effort is put intoour season,” senior co-captainTaylor Gilmore said. The teampractices three times per weekfrom September to April. Afterfactoring in practice time, lifting,running and pick-up games onthe sand court, most players areput 10-15 hours of work intotheir volleyball development per

week.Thus, everyone on the team

must be passionate about volley-ball. The players take pride intheir personal skills and in theteam’s performance.

“Our goal is to grow together,”club president Ben Cratsley said,“not to grow apart.”

Most importantly, however, isthe team’s commitment to glori-fying God on and off the court.The team’s chaplain, senior ChrisBrennan, prays after each prac-tice and reminds the team thatthey are being stewards of thetalents that God has bestowedupon them. They see each prac-tice and match as opportunities to

showcase the abilities God hasgraciously given them.

The Wolverines hope toimprove on their previous suc-cess by instilling these valuesinto the mindset of their newplayers. The team took five newplayers, four freshmen and onesenior, to help them meet thisseason’s goals.

The men will travel to MessiahCollege on Nov. 14 to defend lastyear’s crown at the MessiahInvitational. They will also host atournament of their own on Dec.5 in Grove City’s intramuralroom, featuring strong competi-tion from Pennsylvania, Ohio,West Virginia and New York.

Josh KitamuraMen’s club volleyball season begins Nov. 14 at the MessiahInvitational tournament in Grantham, Pa.

MEN’S CLUB VOLLEYBALL

By Tim KerrCollegian Contributing Writer

The fall 2009 season hasbegun for the Grove CityCollege men’s golf team, andthere are plenty of reasons tobe optimistic. After playinglast year with an extremelyyoung and inexperiencedsquad that was plagued byrecurring injury, the teamreturns for the fall schedulewith their top five intact andplaying well. The team haslost only one member, Matt“Daddy” Karr ’09, the undis-puted emotional leader whoseleadership will be missed onand off the course.

What’s exciting is the newtalent to hit the lineup headedby freshman Blake Broganand sophomore Kyle Wilson,who have already made theirpresence felt. The group alsoincludes sophomore JimmyVan Eerden, freshman BillyVan Trueren and fellow fresh-man Matt Litton, all who areup and coming contributors.

After a disappointing eighthplace finish at their seasonopening event, the Penn StateBehrend Invitational, theWolverines set their sights onOak Tree Country Club; theywill send juniors Tim Kerr

and Troy Demmer and sopho-mores Ian Finney, WilliamMoyer and Andrew Shakely torepresent Grove City in thefall edition of the Presidents’Athletic ConferenceChampionship.

Traveling to WestMiddlesex, Pa., on Sept. 28and 29 the team will seek tomake a statement and chal-lenge perennial powersWashington & JeffersonCollege and WestminsterCollege for top spots in theconference.

The 72-hole tournament issplit between the fall andspring season. The goal forGrove City on Monday andTuesday will be to leave itselfin contention after the first 36holes and in reach of the titleby April 19 and 20. Moreimportantly, the performancecould provide a springboardfor the rest of the year as theteam continues to build itsyoung but promising lineup.

After the PACChampionship, men’s golfwill continue the fall cam-paign on Oct. 5 atWestminster and then finishthe season at home on Oct. 17until it returns to action forthe second half of the seasonin March of 2010.

Men filledwith optimism

MEN’S VARSITY GOLF

Sports 31The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Athletes resist defeat, surpass personal recordsBy Emily DurantCollegian Writer

The cross country team certainlyhad some fun on Sept. 26 at theSaint Vincent College invitation-al, as both the men’s andwomen’s teams put on quite ashow.

After the starting gun was firedfor the men’s race, the Wolverinesquickly took control. The men rana smart race, running conserva-tively for the first half and step-ping it up for the second half.

One of the most notable runnersfor Grove City was freshman TimCoyle. Recently, Coyle lost a betwith two of the women on theteam and consequently had toshave his head. His first race withno hair went very well, as he fin-ished in seventh for theWolverines. Perhaps he becamemore aerodynamic.

“Losing my beloved hair gaveme a completely new perspectiveon racing,” Coyle said. “Focusingon running fast and beating thecompetition instead of trying towoo girls on the sidelines helpedme take 20 seconds off my per-sonal record.”

As a whole, the men pulled out

a second-place finish behind theSaint Vincent runners. The menlook forward to racing againstSaint Vincent in the near futurewith hopes of defeating them.

“[The men’s race] was fantasticin that everyone ran and many setpersonal records for this season,”senior Andrew Falcone said.“Unfortunately, we came in sec-ond place to Saint Vincent, a teamthat will count and be scored in the[Presidents’Athletic Conference]next year. Our work is cut out forus in the next few weeks, as wewill be racing Saint Vincent againat the end of October in the PACchampionship.”

“Even with the absence of oneof our best runners, we managedto compete and kick everyone’sbutt and come home with a tro-phy,” said freshman Sara Fisher,who finished second for theGrove City College women.

Despite the fact that theWolverine women were missingone of their strongest runners,junior Emily Pierce, they still ranstrong and finished first. It was anexciting victory for the women, asthey will be facing Saint Vincentagain in this season’s PAC cham-pionship meet.

Another victory for the team,and for one of the women in par-ticular, was the performance bysophomore Kristin Slinkard. Sheran a personal best 5K, shavingoff 45 seconds.

“We are so proud of KristinSlinkard! She PR’d by 45 secondsfor a 5K, which is incredible, andto see her smiling when she sawher time was so encouraging,”sophomore Mary Rachel Robbinssaid. The team strives to improveboth as a whole and as individu-als. Kristin has exemplified thisimprovement and is an inspirationto the rest of the team.

The Grove City cross countryteam is built on a sense of unityand encouragement toward eachother. This is shown in how muchsupport they offer each otherthroughout their races. On Sept.26, the men were constantlyencouraged the women, continu-ally cheering them on.

As the Wolverine womenpassed by, senior Derek Krusecould be heard yelling, “Do notconcede!”

All in all, both teams made agreat effort and look forward tothe Pitt-Greensburg Invitationalon Saturday.

CROSS COUNTRY

Fred JennyJunior Garrett Cichiwitz runs in the Saint Vincent InvitationalSaturday. Cichiwitz won the individidual title.

Runners refuse to concede

Princeton Review ranks IM SportsBy Marcus ShandCollegian Contributing Writer

Did you enjoy sports in highschool, but lack the time for avarsity- or club-level commit-ment? Looking for an interestingalternative to doing homeworkin the evenings? Look no fartherthan Grove City College’s intra-mural sports program.

IM sports have become verypopular over the past four yearsat the College. Participation hasmore than doubled, starting atover 2,500 and presently reach-ing 5,700. (This figure includesparticipants who play multipleIM sports.) Just a few of thewide variety of sports offeredare flag football, tennis, Frisbeeand basketball.

In the Princeton Review“Best 371 Colleges” rankings,the College is ranked second inpopularity of IM sports, secondonly to the University of NotreDame. Rounding out the topfive in IM sport popularity areWabash College, WhitmanCollege and ClemsonUniversity.

Interestingly, four of the low-est-ranked colleges in IM sportparticipation are also catego-rized by The Princeton Reviewas being populated with largeproportions of “Birkenstock-

wearing, tree-hugging, clove-smoking vegetarians.”

Intramural sports are morepopular with men, who com-prise 58 percent of the total par-ticipation. Both men and womenhave about the same amount ofsports offerings – 15 for thewomen and 14 for the men.

A favorite in both the fall andspring is men’s Frisbee, with 835total entrants. The next favoritesport is men’s basketball.

IM sports are a great alterna-tive for part-time students whoare unable to play varsity andclub sports. IM sports are alsogreat ways to simply have funwith friends on campus. IMsports “are fun and competi-tive,” according to sophomoreRocky Serafino Cersosimo III.

On the women’s side, flagfootball draws the most partici-pation at 287 participants, a bigjump from 130 participants in2004. Volleyball is a close sec-ond in the spring semester, witha participation of 285 women.

Though participation is not aproblem, IM sports teams strug-gle to find available space. InOctober through March, there isa shortage of indoor athleticfacility space. While the newclub fields have helped alleviateoutdoor scheduling problems,the IM room remains the only

available indoor sports area.With varsity volleyball and bas-ketball in the winter, IM gamesare played as late as 11:30 p.m.,and some games continue wellpast midnight.

Making IM sports happen isquite difficult considering thelack of space, however, theflexibility of the cleaning staffin the Physical Learning Centerhas helped tremendously.

“The cleaning staff makes itpossible. They have reallyhelped out to make IM sportshappen,” head of IM sportsAndrew Toncic said. Despiteincreasing number of sports, thecleaning staff is always willingto make the extra effort toaccommodate IM sports.

An emerging IM sport thisyear is bocce, an Italian versionof bowling, which is beingplanned for the spring season.While the new sport has alreadybeen scheduled for the women,a start date for the men is yet tobe determined.

Toncic also hopes to integratea cornhole tournament into theprogram. Getting a partnerdecathlon started with severaldoubles-style IM sports is alsoa vision for the future. Amongthe sports being considered forthis event are ping-pong, pool,euchre and cornhole.

Varsity ScorecardTeam updates from last week:

Football9/26 – Washington & Jefferson 28, Grove

City 10Volleyball

9/26 – Grove City 3, Waynesburg 09/26 – Thiel 3, Grove City 0

Men’s Soccer9/26 – Carnegie Mellon 5, Grove City 0

Women’s Soccer9/26 – Grove City 3, Washington &

Jefferson 2Women’s Tennis

9/24 – Allegheny 7, Grove City 2Cross Country

9/26 – Saint Vincent Invitational,Women:1st/15, Men: 2nd/ 13

Sports32 The CollegianOctober 2, 2009

Wolverine spirit refuses to dieMEN’S VARSITY FOOTBALL

Players, fans face 10-28 loss to W&JBy Luke HarmonCollegian Writer

Last Saturday’s night game atThorn Field was a 10-28 loss asthe football team showed its met-tle, battling a difficult opponentwhile encouraged by a huge andvocal crowd of fans. Fireworksrounded off the evening as GroveCity College celebrated its thirdnight football game.

“It was a great atmosphere,”sophomore Clayton Hall said.“The crowd really got into thegame. I liked the towels last year,but I thought the fans were a coolidea to mix it up a bit.” Hallwished that every game had suchan atmosphere.

The crowd carried poster-boardfans that made a loud clackingsound as their leaves wereslapped together.

Students, parents and other fansfrom the area filled the standsand the hill slopes as the march-ing band played from temporarystands outside the north end-zone.

With a few exceptions, thegame was kept to long and hard-fought drives as both defensesstepped up and made each yardcount.

Senior quarterback AndrewDiDonato impressed theWashington & JeffersonPresidents early with his passingand running abilities as he com-pleted four passes and ran intothe end-zone.

“It was fun to be at the game,”junior Amanda Deer said. “The

first touchdown made me opti-mistic for the rest of the game.”

Sophomore Tim Irwin keptW&J out of the end-zone on thefirst drive with an interception toregain Grove City possession.

“It was surreal with that thingin my hands! I just started run-ning as soon as I realized I hadit!” Irwin said.

The Presidents responded withthree touchdowns aided by penal-

ties, big plays and a fumblerecovery. Freshman Mitch Whitesaw his first college game as amiddle linebacker.

“There was a lot of hype builtup for the night game, which psy-ched us out at first, but after thefirst quarter, it was all about foot-ball,” White said.

A big kickoff return by sopho-more Ed Reith led to a Wolverinefield goal. Freshman Zack

Patterson blocked a screen pass,leading to a punt and keeping thescore to 10-21 before half-time.

Sophomore Jason Fergusonsaid, “They couldn’t establishdrives on us as we anticipatedthem running in the middle.”

When asked how this gamecompared to last week, Fergusonresponded, “They had a differentstyle than Bethany [College].W&J threw a lot of screens,while Bethany was more of arunning team. Once we shutdown the screens, W&J had torun the ball, and we were givingthem a lot of trouble up front.”

The Presidents punted awaytheir first two possessions in thethird quarter. Unfortunately, theoffense also had difficulty mov-ing the ball. The Presidents ran inone touchdown in the third quar-ter. The rest of the night consist-ed of long drives finished with apunt or a turnover.

“It was a hard-fought game,”Coach Smith concluded. “Weextended ourselves to our utmost,but you have to give them credit.They have a good defense, thebest we’ve seen all year, and theyhave a productive offense. Wemade some serious errors thatcost us. We played hard and wewill use this game as a way ofgetting better.”

After the game, as fans gath-ered on the field to talk withplayers, the lights turned off andfireworks lit up the night.

The football team plays itsHomecoming game tomorrowagainst Saint Vincent at 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S VARSITY SOCCER

Thunder, rain precede conference win for Wolverines By Alison WellsCollegian Contributing Writer

Thunder warnings, biting winds and arain delay proved to be the lucky charmfor the women’s soccer team in theirPresident’s Athletic Conference opener onSaturday. Grove City College defeatedWashington & Jefferson College 3-2 aftera late tally at the 82-minute mark by juniorEmily Ostlund.

Ostlund’s first goal of the 2009 seasonoccurred after a foul and caution deep inW&J territory. Senior tri-captain MichellePeck sent the ball flying high over a wallof defenders and in-and-out of the handsof the W&J keeper. It landed in front of anopen net and an eager Ostlund.

“It’s really all about the timing when wehave free kicks,” Ostlund said. “I guess Iwasn’t really thinking about it that much.It was unfortunate for the keeper; she bob-bled it and I was in the right place at theright time.”

Grove City burst out of the starting gatefiring on all cylinders after numerous raindelays and thunder warnings. SophomoreEmily Hurley scored the first goal of the

match after just 86 seconds, and theWolverines extended their lead after a goalby freshman Grace Riemen at 19:29.

“Honestly, I think the delays reallyhelped us,” Ostlund said. She also talliedtwo assists in the contest. “We all had togo sit in a little shed while we waited. Itwas a great team time. We were singingpraise songs, and it helped us get reallyfired up and more excited to play.”

Head coach Melissa Lamie alsoremarked on the unusual pre-game warm-up.

“I actually think the weather worked inour favor,” Lamie said. “We were lookingforward so much to getting out there thatthe first 15 minutes we took complete con-trol. We were playing so hard and as aresult we were one step ahead of them.”

The Presidents refused to accept defeat.The second half opened with two W&Jgoals from Elizabeth Bendick at 56:43 andMolly Macioce at 70:29. However, a tiedscore only invigorated the Wolverines tobattle their way to victory.

“We’ve had a lot of tie games this year,”senior tri-captain Elise Bender said. “Wejust couldn’t let that happen again. We got

a little discouraged when we gave up thelead, but no one on the team let up and wefinally cracked them at the end.”

Grove City suffered a defeat earlier thisweek against Penn State Behrend, whichsweetened the recent victory. On

Wednesday, the Wolverines battled for 80minutes until Julia Schroeck broke ascoreless tie to propel the Lions to victory.

“The Behrend game was a very evenlyplayed match,” Lamie recounted. “Theywere really tough competition, like we’veseen all year. We started to work rightaway, minutes after the game. We wantedto be prepared for our first conferencegame. Our goal was to break through ourslump and get our shot into the back of thenet.”

The Wolverines out-shot the Presidents24-9. Senior goalkeeper Bethany Prestontallied one save and Stephanie Saussol had10 saves for W&J.

“A lot of these teams are so skilled,”Bender said of the PAC, “and we are all onthe same level. This was a huge game, andit all came down to who was going to pushthe hardest and have the most heart. Wethought we dominated.”

Grove City advanced to 2-3-3 (1-0 PAC)while W&J fell to 3-5-1 (0-1 PAC). TheWolverines will face Carnegie MellonUniversity in a non-conference match-upat Grove City on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Support YourWolverines!

October 2-8

Football10/3 – vs. St. Vincent

(H) 2 p.m.

Women’s Soccer10/5 – vs. Thiel

(A) 4 p.m.

Men’s Soccer10/6 – vs. Thiel (A)

3 p.m.

Volleyball10/3 – vs.

Westminster (A) 11 a.m.

10/3 – vs.Washington &

Jefferson (N) 1 p.m.

Women’s Tennis10/5 – vs. Slippery

Rock (A) 4 p.m.10/7 – vs.

Westminster (H) 4p.m.

Cross Country10/3 – vs. Pitt-

GreensburgInvitational (A) TBA

Andy DrabicEmily Ostlund, right, celebrates withher teammates after her first goal of the2009-10 season.

Andy DrabicSenior quarterback Andrew DiDonato passes up the field, assistedby sophomore offensive tackle Zach Start, at Saturday’s nightgame against Washington & Jefferson College. W&J won, 28-10.